Check ./squid -v ; see what it was compiled with. Make sure you start squid after you change the default ulimit. Either put "ulimit -n 8192" at the top of the squid startup script or find the place where your default ulimits are set and modify that. Adrian On Fri, Jan 25, 2008, bijayant kumar wrote: > Hi, > > While checking the squid-2.6.17.ebuild file i found in > econf section there is a line --with-maxfd=8192. It > means that squid has been compiled with 8192 > descriptors, right ?? But in cache.log it says 1024 > file descriptors are available and complains about the > running out of file descriptors. Shall i have to > recompile squid again in this case also ?? > Please guide me > > > > --- Manoj_Rajkarnikar <manoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, bijayant kumar wrote: > > > > > Hi Arana, > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. As you are suggesting in > > your > > > reply that incresing the filedescriptor can be > > > dangerous. Is there any other way to get rid of > > this > > > warning, because this warning makes browsing dead > > > slow,and the box is deployed at our client place. > > I > > > have to do things fast. If you have any other > > > suggestion besides the increasing file descriptor > > > please suggest me. > > > > > > > No AFAIK. you'll have to raise the FD limit but > > don't raise it to tooo > > high - that was the suggestion.. set it to 2048 or > > 4096 to meet the > > current and near-future workload requirement and > > increase it again in the > > future if needed... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Gonzalo Arana <gonzalo.arana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >> I would recommend you to run ./configure with > > >> --with-maxfd=you_desired_limit and --enable-epoll > > >> > > >> Watch for messages like this in configure output: > > >> checking if epoll works... yes > > >> Using epoll for the IO loop. > > >> ... > > >> Maximum filedescriptors set to 131072 > > >> ... > > >> > > >> Having large number of FDs with select is > > dangerous. > > >> Also, I recall > > >> there was an issue on increasing FD_SETSIZE on > > glibc > > >> (Linux uses > > >> glibc). > > >> > > >> HTH, > > >> > > >> On Jan 24, 2008 11:46 AM, Bijayant > > >> <bijayant4u@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>> Hello list, > > >>> > > >>> I am using squid as proxy server on gentoo box. > > >> All of a sudden from > > >>> 2nd January in my cache.log i am seeing the > > error > > >>> > > >>> WARNING! Your cache is running out of > > >> filedescriptors > > >>> > > >>> When this messages repeats frequently, browsing > > >> becomes dead slow in > > >>> 2mbps line. We have 2GB RAM, and 1 GB swap , > > dual > > >> core processor system. > > >>> > > >>> After googling, checking Squid Faq i have tried > > to > > >> increase the limit > > >>> of filedescriptors on my system. But i am not > > >> able to do. Please help me > > >>> out. here i am giving some information for > > better > > >> picture > > >>> > > >>> OS - gentoo > > >>> Kernel - 2.6.18-gentoo-r6 > > >>> Squid - net-proxy/squid-2.6.12 > > >>> USE Flags=ipf-transparent pam ssl > > >>> > > >>> I have changed the filedescriptors in > > >> /usr/include/bits/typesizes.h > > >>> > > >>> Number of descriptors that can fit in an > > `fd_set' > > >>> #define __FD_SETSIZE 2048 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> In /etc/init.d/squid > > >>> ulimit -HSn 2048 > > >>> > > >>> ~ $ cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max > > >>> 50516 > > >>> > > >>> The relevant part of /etc/squid/squid.conf after > > >> search on google/faq > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> client_persistent_connections off > > >>> server_persistent_connections off > > >>> cache_dir ufs /var/cache/squid 2000 16 256 > > >>> url_rewrite_children 30 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I did all things specified in Squid Wiki and > > Faq. > > >> After that i have > > >>> recompiled the squid and rebooted my machine > > also > > >> without any luck. I am > > >>> still getting the warning in my logs, and > > ulimit > > >> -n as 1024. > > >>> > > >>> I have tried all possible things without any > > >> success. Please help me or > > >>> give me some direction. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Gonzalo A. Arana > > >> > > > > > > > > > Bijayant Kumar > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Bijayant Kumar > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA -
