On Thu April 6 2006 11:20, Chuck wrote: Ch> On Thursday 06 April 2006 11:56 am, Xavier Montagutelli wrote: Ch> > On Thursday 06 April 2006 16:46, Chuck wrote: Ch> > > this one is weird. could i be reaching some kind of max on a gentoo Ch> > > platform? Ch> > > Ch> > > we are running approx 40 vserver guests on a 4 processor dell. our email Ch> > > server is running on the 'host' side. Ch> > > Ch> > > my tip on this came from our email list server. the log stated: Ch> > > Ch> > > 6 10:20:19 error: Still trying to open connection Too many open files Ch> > >
A single, multi-thread application? There is another limit built into the kernel for applications that use 'select' to get notifications of connection attempts to file descriptors. That limit is the hardcoded size of the file descriptor select structure (in bits). Not sure off-hand how big it is, I think either 64 or 128 bits (open descriptors monitored). You might have to run multiple instances of the e-mail application if this is the cause of the error message. Mike Ch> > > and this is in the log many times. not knowing if this is a program or Ch> > > system error causing this i am taking the safe route while i wait for the Ch> > > program support people to let me know... Ch> > > Ch> > > is there a setting somewhere in the vserver system, i assume on the host, Ch> > > that the number of open files can be set? i dont even know what the stock Ch> > > max is.. Ch> > Ch> > Perhaps /proc/sys/fs/file-max ? Ch> > Ch> Ch> maybe max files is not the issue. : Ch> Ch> # cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max Ch> 309847 Ch> Ch> i would think 309k open files would be sufficient. Ch> Ch> will see what the mailing list software vendor has to say.. Ch> Ch> > Just modify the value by echoing the new value Ch> > Ch> > or use sysctl -w fs.file-max= and modify /etc/sysctl.conf Ch> > Ch> > -- Ch> > Xavier Montagutelli Tel : +33 (0)5 55 45 77 20 Ch> > Service Commun Informatique Fax : +33 (0)5 55 45 77 60 Ch> > Universite de Limoges Ch> > 123, avenue Albert Thomas Ch> > 87060 Limoges cedex Ch> > _______________________________________________ Ch> > Vserver mailing list Ch> > Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Ch> > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver Ch> > Ch> _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
