For what it's worth, I've taken the additional step of running `lsof |grep httpd > http.dump` and posting it online. My understanding is that this shows all of the httpd open files that are adding up to my high totals. http://gist.github.com/114943 If anyone who understands this better than me has a minute, I'd appreciate whether you could say whether something is out of the ordinary. Thanks again, Ben. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-users%40httpd--What-is-the-best-way-to-handle-%22too-many-open-files%22-errors--tp23629492p23639553.html Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx