Hi, Just to throw a slight spanner in the works here. My understanding of 'open files' is open file descriptors. As far as a file descriptor is concerned there is no real difference between a physical file on disk and a socket (network connection). So eliminating physical files, whilst it might get you a little more headroom, is unlikely to solve the problem. I would look at the Apache configuration to see how many connections your server is configured to handle and compare that to the max files value from ulimit. I suspect that this is your issue. Remember that as you add connectivity to databases that this will increase the number of sockets, and therefore open files, used for each page served. Mick -----Original Message----- From: palewire [mailto:ben.welsh@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 20 May 2009 23:55 To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What is the best way to handle "too many open files" errors? Sean -- Thanks for the lengthy and thoughtful response. What I've found most successful so far is hunting through the lsof | grep http and finding ways to eliminate unnecessary files. And I'm also exploring an expansion of my production resources to include a second tier machine that houses the database. If either of these ideas are stupid -- or there's something more efficient -- I'd really appreciate the pointers. Thank you. Ben. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-users%40httpd--What-is-the-best-way-to-handle-%22 too-many-open-files%22-errors--tp23629492p23644950.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 This is an email from the CPP Group Plc, Holgate Park, York, YO26 4GA; telephone +44 (0)1904 544500. This message may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and either return or destroy the original message. The CPP Group Plc accepts no responsibility for any changes made to this message after it has been sent by the original author. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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