Thank You all for the information

Chuck

On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:59:34AM -0400, Chuck Winters wrote:
> Hello All,
> 	My interest has been peaked by a recent email.  At one point, I heard two people speaking
> about how some database guy wanted to have 2000 open files(or something crazy like that).  
> They said that he must be crazy because the kernel does a sequential search through the open
> file descriptors.  Anyway, I read a posting an a mail list that someone wanted select to 
> select on 3000 files.  Alright, the question(Finally!):
> 		To have select() select on 3000 file descriptors, they must be open.  That's 3000 open
> 		files.  Will select be ultra slow trying to select on 3000 file descriptors?  Also, 
> 		what is the clarification on the kernel doing a sequential search through the open
> 		file descriptors?
> 
> Thanks In Advance,
> Chuck Winters
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