Re: [squid-users] Increasing file descriptors in Redhat 7.1

Nothing has changed in kernel 2.4, wrt increasing file descriptors for
Squid.

It appears you haven't modified your __FD_SETSIZE, found in
/usr/lib/bits/types.h

I thought this was also documented in the FAQ?

Brian wrote:

> I have read the FAQ on increasing file descriptors,
> but it does not talk about kernel 2.4. I am running
> Redhat 7.1 with the version of squid that comes with it
> (2.4.3?). What I did was:
>
> set ulimit -HSn 16384, then recompile squid. During the
> configure I can see tht the max size is indeed seen as
> 16384.
>
> I also:
>
> echo 16384 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
>
> in rc.local, and have "ulimit -HSn 16384" in my init
> script that starts squid.
>
> Does more need to be done than this with Redhats 2.4
> kernel? Possibly a kernel recompile? I am just having
> a hard time finding the exact info for the 2.4 kernel,
> especially in relation to redhat 7.1.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian

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Received on Thu Sep 20 2001 - 20:02:40 MDT