[CentOS] Re: Help with file descriptors
Guy Boisvert
boisvert.guy at videotron.ca
Wed Nov 28 20:22:28 UTC 2007
Scott Silva wrote:
> on 11/28/2007 12:03 PM Guy Boisvert spake the following:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I have a problem with CentOS 4.4 and Communigate Pro 5.0.9. As
>> our user number grows, we are seeing "too many files open" error
>> messages in Communigate logs.
>>
>> I spoke with Communigate tech support and they asked me to
>> increase the number of file descriptors which i did. I put 128000 as
>> a script i made to check Communigate open files reported as high as
>> 99000. As i checked the Communigate log file, it reported that it
>> "sees" 1024 "available" file descriptors.
>>
>> Reporting that to Communigate tech support, the guy answered:
>>
>> "CommuniGate gets this number via getdtablesize() system call.
>> Probably in CentOS the table has a fixed size so you need to recompile
>> the kernel to expand it. Try upgrading CentOS to 4.5 (or whatever
>> later version is available) "
>>
>>
>> I'm a little afraid of upgrading the server right away, i don't
>> want to worsen the problem. Or maybe it's safe to do it. I dunno.
>>
>> Is there anybody on the list that can comment on what the
>> Communigate tech support guy said about the "getdtablesize" thing ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Guy Boisvert
> Was this thread hijacked, or is Thunderbird being stupid again?
>
>
Sorry, i dunno what happened. I reposted it.
Ideed i used Thunderbird but i was on a Winblows WS... (Not always a
choice depending where you work!)
Guy Boisvert
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