Re: Too many open files in system, /bsd: file: table is full

[Mackan]

On 27 aug 2006, at 17.38, Stuart Henderson wrote:

On 2006/08/27 17:09, Mackan wrote:

I did "sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=10000" to  increase the value from
1772 to 10000, and put the same value in /etc/sysctl.conf

Keep an eye on kern.nfiles, if it's higher than expected ...

It varies, mostly between 400-700. I guess it hit the limit at
some peak.

And is 10000 a too high value?

Depends, again.

I'll go with 10000.  Just curious whether something bad could happen
with a limit set too high.

Thanks,

Mackan