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From: Nick DeClario <nick@guardiandigital.com>
To: Edouard Soriano <e_soriano@dapsys.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Increase number of open files
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:27:54 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B60450A.9CCB0AA2@guardiandigital.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010726.15213500@dap21.dapsys.ch>

/proc/sys/fs/file-max contains the max files.  The default is 4096.  Try
changing it to 8192, that should do the trick. 

	-Nick

Edouard Soriano wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Kernel used: 2.4.2-2 Redhat 7.0
> 
> >From time to time I have to close some Windows on my system to perform
> some other tasks, like printing a document.
> 
> There are no messages on the log files, but my understanding is
> a maximum number of concurrent files need to be modified.
> 
> Is there some parameters in /proc to set up without the need to
> reconfigure the kernel ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> E. Soriano
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Nicholas DeClario
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      reply	other threads:[~2001-07-26 16:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-26 15:21 Increase number of open files Edouard Soriano
2001-07-26 16:27 ` Nick DeClario [this message]

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