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

On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Joe Cooper wrote:

> 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?

thats, I do that!

Brian

>
> 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
>
>
> --
> Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
> Affordable Web Caching Proxy Appliances
> http://www.swelltech.com
>

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Received on Thu Sep 20 2001 - 20:36:05 MDT