On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 12:35, Peter Arremann wrote: > On Friday 07 January 2005 22:45, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 05:43, Rudolf Amirjanyan wrote: > > > OK, let me tell you what is happening when I put "ulimit -Sn 2048" (or > > > any value more than 960) command in /etc/init.d/squid script > > > > > > I restart the Squid. and then --- > > > > > > tail -f /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log |grep descriptors > > > > > > 2005/01/07 13:37:20| With 960 file descriptors available > > > > > > but form command "ulimit" command shows the following: > > > > > > ulimit -SHn ---- the value is 1024 > > > ulimit -n ----- 1024 > > > > > > So what is my mistake here ? > > > Why squid cache shows 960 but not 1024 or even 961 :) > > > > What about ulimit -a > > > > Again, 2.4 or 2.6 kernel?? > Also, keep in mind, there are more things than just files that use up file > descriptors. Network sockets, libs, ... So for a program that is so > file/connection intensive as squid, having 960 fds available for file access > isn't bad... It is when you have a _lot_ of users accessing the squid box and you will soon be unable to serve because you don't have enough file-desciptors -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 00:17:01 up 3:23, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.24, 0.40
