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From: Chris Boot <bootc@bootc.net>
To: daveflinux@aim.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dropped TCP connections with 2.6.X kernel
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:49:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <449A83DE.9090902@bootc.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8C863E49608F8CC-184C-2F8D@FWM-D28.sysops.aol.com>

daveflinux@aim.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're using a 2.6.X kernel,
>  and are experiencing intermittent dropped connections when the number 
> of concurrent connections exceeds ~ 1000.
>
>  Does anybody have any insight into what might be happening here 
> and/or troubleshooting techniques
> for isolating the problem.
> What system resources is TCP dependent on?
>
> Many thanks,
> Dave

Are all these connections handled by a single process? If so, you're 
probably running into the limit of open file descriptors (1024 usually). 
Look at 'help ulimit' to see how to increase the limit.

HTH,
Chris


      reply	other threads:[~2006-06-22 11:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-20  6:55 E1000 zero copy Heng Du
2006-06-20  8:17 ` Arjan van de Ven
     [not found]   ` <8C8631AA59959A1-528-3CB0@FWM-D36.sysops.aol.com>
2006-06-22  7:28     ` Dropped TCP connections with 2.6.X kernel daveflinux
2006-06-22 11:49       ` Chris Boot [this message]

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