william schrieb: > Landy Landy wrote: >> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid \ [...] >> --with-maxfd=16384 >> > > > ulimit -n 20000 Won't do no good. Landy's Squid compile time option is 16384 max. So either she stumbled over a bug or the Squid is under a higher load with lots of connections. Landy, are you graphing Squids connections and traffic? Does Squid use up the file descriptors slowly over a longer period, days I mean, or was this a short burst of high traffic? Peace, Markus