[squid-users] Guaging file descriptor need.

[Darren Spruell]

On a Linux server we are running squid-2.5.4 on, the file desciptor max 
limit is currently set to 1024. I looked at cachemgr.cgi's Process 
Filedescriptor Allocation and see that the servers highest used FD 
ranges around 860 or so.

Given that peak usage may bump this up even closer to the 1024 range, is 
it reccomended to raise the FD max to a higher number? And would 
defaulting this number to 2048 or 4096 put excessive unneeded strain on 
system resources if the value was too high after all?

TIA

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Darren Spruell