This has been a big help, this and the lsof command, will put me well on the way to solving the problem
Thanks again for your help. I do have one more question. Is it possible for lsof to indicate more open files than /proc/sys/fs/file-max says is possible? david On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Sites, Brad wrote: > Jan wrote: > > dbrett wrote: > >> I have a RH 6.2 server, which seems to be unable to keep up with the > >> load it is under. I have to keep rebooting it about every other > >> day. One of the first clues I have is there too many files open and > >> can't do another operation. > >> > >> How do I find out how many files are open and by what programs? Is > >> it possible to increase the number of files which can be open? > >> > > lsof may be a good place to start - it lists all open files; it is a > > LONG list! Perhaps you should run it at intervals (and save the > > output) to see if there is a single program that runs amok. > > > > /jan > > You may be running out of file descriptors. Open tcp sockets and things > like Apache and database servers are prone to opening a large amount of file > descriptors. The default number of file descriptors available is 4096. > This probably needs to be upped in your scenario. The theoretical limit is > somewhere around a million file descriptors, but a number much lower would > be more reasonable. Try doubling the default number and seeing if that > takes care of things. If not, double that number and see how it works. > Here is the command to do this on the fly: > > echo 8192 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max > > To make this happen each time at boot, edit your /etc/sysctl.conf file and > add the following line: > > fs.file-max = 8192 > > > > Brad Sites > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
