It seems that the major open-files consumer is spamdyke. I have
disabled pop3, pop3-ssl and imap, but there is no noticeable change.
I'll test disabling spamdyke and see the result.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote:
> Natalio Gatti wrote:
>>
>> Hello List. I'm having a problem in a fresh install of qmail-toaster
>> over Centos 5.4
>> I'm using qmail-toaster on a VPS (Virtual Private Server). The server
>> function as a mail server for 2 mail accounts with normal traffic,
>> using imap.
>> The VPS limit the number of open files to 6000. Without qmail-toaster
>> running, the server has 1000-1500 files open, and when I start
>> qmail-toaster it jumps to 6000 reaching the max limit and generating
>> errors. Is it a normal behaviour? Is there a way to control the opened
>> files?
>> Thanks,
>> Natalio.
>>
>>
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>
> On a few QMTs I just checked, lsof shows 3700-5200. Pretty much stock,
> except for dovecot instead of courier.
>
> You might need to disable services you don't need (pop3, pop3ssl, and
> associated logs), and throttle others back a bit (concurrencyincoming).
>
> lsof will show which services are using each open file. QMT does need a lot
> of open files, but my numbers indicate that you should be able to make it
> work for just 2 accounts with no problem.
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
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