Try : echo "32768" > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
You can change 32768 to whatever you want - I have 131072 for my servers by default and even higher for the big ones. Try cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr to see what the current state is - from recollection the 3 numbers are : highwater mark current open maximum <- this will be file-max If you have an intensive network load, try this to increase the network throughput : echo 131072 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default echo 131072 > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default echo 131072 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max echo 131072 > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max (or even 262144 instead of 131072, but make sure you have lots of memory) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 23/05/02, 17:18:13, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [scottish] fnrgh! need more file handles: > OK, against my better judgement, we now have an OpenMail installation > (if you can read this it must be working). One of the problems is that > we seem to be running out of file handles. > So if anybody has any file handles they're not using, could you please > send them to....;) just kidding. > Anybody any ideas how to increase the number of file handles? Where I > should be looking for more info on this ? (NOT the openmail manuals). > Colin > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
