wohali commented on a change in pull request #174: Improve docs on bumping fd limits URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/pull/174#discussion_r144387460
########## File path: src/maintenance/performance.rst ########## @@ -133,11 +133,18 @@ If your system is set up to use the Pluggable Authentication Modules (`PAM`_) system (as is the case with nearly all modern Linuxes), increasing this limit is straightforward. For example, creating a file named ``/etc/security/limits.d/100-couchdb.conf`` with the following contents will -ensure that CouchDB can open up to 4096 file descriptors at once:: +ensure that CouchDB can open up to 10000 file descriptors at once:: Review comment: Why not? It's just an example. Further, I see people hitting 4096 in the field fairly often, given max_dbs_open=500 by default, *8 = 4000, and that leaves no fds open for views. Just ~1 view per DB being accessed/built concurrently would get you to 8096 fds without accounting for things like logging. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
