On Thursday 06 April 2006 16:46, Chuck wrote: > this one is weird. could i be reaching some kind of max on a gentoo > platform? > > we are running approx 40 vserver guests on a 4 processor dell. our email > server is running on the 'host' side. > > my tip on this came from our email list server. the log stated: > > 6 10:20:19 error: Still trying to open connection Too many open files > > and this is in the log many times. not knowing if this is a program or > system error causing this i am taking the safe route while i wait for the > program support people to let me know... > > is there a setting somewhere in the vserver system, i assume on the host, > that the number of open files can be set? i dont even know what the stock > max is..
Perhaps /proc/sys/fs/file-max ? Just modify the value by echoing the new value or use sysctl -w fs.file-max= and modify /etc/sysctl.conf -- Xavier Montagutelli Tel : +33 (0)5 55 45 77 20 Service Commun Informatique Fax : +33 (0)5 55 45 77 60 Universite de Limoges 123, avenue Albert Thomas 87060 Limoges cedex _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
