Re: [squid-users] [SOLVED]Re: [squid-users] Unable to increase filedescriptor limit -- tried all things

Graph the statistics from Squid, including SNMP.

This'll include the number of active and free filedescriptors. :)

Adrian

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008, bijayant kumar wrote:
> Thanks to all you and all the members of the list who
> has supported me to rectify this problem.
> The startup/init script of squid was wrong, which
> comes in gentoo. It was setting the filedescriptor
> limit to 1024. I started it manually as suggested by
> Adrian Chadd, and it started showing 8192 file
> descriptors available. Once again thanx a ton.
>
> Now I want a suggestion from you that is 8192 file
> descriptor sufficient for 200 to 300 users in the
> network(High Traffic) or it should be more high. Other
> than this any other parameter in squid.conf to look
> for. I made it 8192 because of it is specified in the
> ebuild.
>
>
> --- Adrian Chadd <adrian@creative.net.au> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008, bijayant kumar wrote:
> > > I have already entered that line
> > >
> > > cat /etc/security/limits.conf | grep nofile
> > > * hard nofile 8192
> > >
> > > No luck till now. I am restarting squid several
> > times
> > > to avoid the slow browsing.
> >
> > I'd go and ask someone on the gentoo lists at this
> > point to find out
> > what you can do to make sure the ulimit is properly
> > extended.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Adrian
> >
> > >
> > > -- Adrian Chadd <adrian@creative.net.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008, bijayant kumar wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > bijayant@bijayant ~ $ ulimit -n
> > > > > 1024
> > > >
> > > > Thats your problem.
> > > >
> > > > Check your pam security file. under ubuntu its:
> > > >
> > > > adrian@cindy:~$ cat /etc/security/limits.conf |
> > grep
> > > > nofile
> > > > # - nofile - max number of open files
> > > > * hard nofile 8192
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Adrian
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have tried to change this via giving the
> > command
> > > >
> > > > > ulimit -HSn 8192
> > > > >
> > > > > /usr/include/bits/typesizes.h
> > > > > /* Number of descriptors that can fit in an
> > > > `fd_set'.
> > > > > */
> > > > > #define __FD_SETSIZE 8192
> > > > >
> > > > > rebooted my machine several times, also
> > > > > cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
> > > > > 11032
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using gentoo.
> > > > > --- Ding Deng <ding.deng@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > bijayant kumar <bijayant4u@yahoo.com>
> > writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have tried it also, but in log files it
> > > > still
> > > > > > saying
> > > > > > > 1024 file descriptors available. while
> > squid
> > > > is
> > > > > > > compile with 8192.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ulimit -n
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What's the output?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Bijayant Kumar
> > > > >
> > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends
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> > > >
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>
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