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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Number of file handles
Date: 7 Jan 1997 01:37:29 GMT
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In article <E3HoJ6.7Jp@racoon.riga.lv>,
fairpay@stoat.riga.lv (Fair pay) writes:
> Hello,
>
> I tried to run samba with some clients and managed to get a messages
> the kernel that "file table is full". The question is how to increase
> number of files kernel may keep opened at a moment ? We need about 90
> opened files per client, and there are 10-15 clients working simultaneously.
You could try setting kern.maxfiles and kern.maxfilesperproc via sysctl.
I think the defaults are rather poor.
$ sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=2000
$ sysctl -w kern.maxfilesperproc=100
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....