RE: [squid-users] need to change file file descriptors size ?

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Joost de Heer wrote:

> FAQ only explains -how- to increase the limit, not what the impact is. Or
> perhaps I've missed a section....

The impacts:

*) Having to few will deny clients from using the proxy when under load

*) Having way too many will waste CPU time, possibly making the proxy not
perform as good as it can.

> The need is dependant on how heavily your proxy will be used. I'd go for
> an initial filedesc limit of 4096, monitor the usage, and increase if you
> get 'out of descriptors' errors.

Sounds like a good plan. If you monitor the filedescriptor usage using
cachemgr you should get a pretty good picture of how many filedescriptors
is needed in your network before it runs out of them.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Thu Feb 10 2005 - 05:09:43 MST