On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 12:16:23AM -0500, aSe typed: > >This is not a matter of diskspace. The kernel holds a fixed length table > >in memory with all open files. If this table gets full it usually means > >one of two things: > > > >1) You have a runaway application, opening way too many files. Identify > >the application and fix or disable it. > > > >2) You're running a kernel with a too low value for maxusers (which, > >among other things, determines the maximum amount of open files). The > >default in 4.7-RELEASE is 0, which means: optimize according to amount > >of memory installed. The default is usually O.K. If not, one option is > >to simply install more memory. > > The machine itself runs several logging applications and things of that > nature. I didn't think It was an issue with HD. Nor do I believe its ram, > It has 512mb installed, and 256mb of swap. As it stands right now it has > 270mb free and hasn't touched the swap. Right now maxusers is set to 6, > I didn't realize it would play a role in this instance.
You should set maxusers to 0. That way, it will be sized at boot time according to the amount of memory you installed. > Jack Stone suggested looking up the number of max open files by doing > "sysctl kern.maxfiles" It returns only "232" which to me seems like a > very small number. He also suggested to change it using > "sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=4160." > > My question to you is, does maxusers play more of a role then just > the max number of open files. In the long run would it be better to > just set maxusers to 0 or just change the kern.maxfiles? It does. According to tuning(7): kern.maxusers controls the scaling of a number of static system tables, including defaults for the maximum number of open files, sizing of net- work memory resources, etc. You can set maxusers to 0 by either recompiling your kernel or by setting the value in loader.conf(5) Ruben > > Thank you! > Gordon Keesler [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message