Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: Max tcp connections | Date | Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:16:41 -0800 |
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> Raiden <raiden@arrakis.es> asked: > > > I think limit is defined using FD_SETSIZE actualy, now it's my question: > > > > - how can i change the max value allowed of tcp connection ? > > - am i thinking bad if i think 256 is the limit of the max tcp > connections > > allowed simulta...? > > > > It's a bit urgent ... could any reply me quick about this one? > > FD_SETSIZE only controls how big the fd_set used by select() > can be; there are other limits. > For info about the limits on file descriptors and how to raise them, > see http://www.kegel.com/c10k.html > Depending on what kernel and what program, it might be as easy as > echo 32768 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max > echo 65536 > /proc/sys/fs/inode-max > and then, for the process in question, > ulimit -n 32768 > - Dan
Since you can neither select nor poll on 32,768 sockets, it would be somewhat difficult to use this man.
DS
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