hi , i have squid server that can make about 70 M in the rush hour , i doubt that there is limitation and i can make better than 70 M be if i changed ulimits value . i want to ask , if i type ulimit -n its only 1024 ========================================= i modified the file /etc/security/limits.conf and put at the end of that file : * - nofile 65536 ==================================== root@debian:~# cat /etc/security/limits.conf # /etc/security/limits.conf # #Each line describes a limit for a user in the form: # #<domain> <type> <item> <value> # #Where: #<domain> can be: # - an user name # - a group name, with @group syntax # - the wildcard *, for default entry # - the wildcard %, can be also used with %group syntax, # for maxlogin limit # - NOTE: group and wildcard limits are not applied to root. # To apply a limit to the root user, <domain> must be # the literal username root. # #<type> can have the two values: # - "soft" for enforcing the soft limits # - "hard" for enforcing hard limits # #<item> can be one of the following: # - core - limits the core file size (KB) # - data - max data size (KB) # - fsize - maximum filesize (KB) # - memlock - max locked-in-memory address space (KB) # - nofile - max number of open files # - rss - max resident set size (KB) # - stack - max stack size (KB) # - cpu - max CPU time (MIN) # - nproc - max number of processes # - as - address space limit (KB) # - maxlogins - max number of logins for this user # - maxsyslogins - max number of logins on the system # - priority - the priority to run user process with # - locks - max number of file locks the user can hold # - sigpending - max number of pending signals # - msgqueue - max memory used by POSIX message queues (bytes) # - nice - max nice priority allowed to raise to values: [-20, 19] # - rtprio - max realtime priority # - chroot - change root to directory (Debian-specific) # #<domain> <type> <item> <value> # #* soft core 0 #root hard core 100000 #* hard rss 10000 #@student hard nproc 20 #@faculty soft nproc 20 #@faculty hard nproc 50 #ftp hard nproc 0 #ftp - chroot /ftp #@student - maxlogins 4 # End of file * - nofile 65536 ===================================================== i restarted my server , and still ulimit -n give me 1024 not 65536 !!! ================================================ im using debian os : root@vyatta:~# cat /etc/debian_version 6.0.5 ========================= in my squid.conf : =============================== max_filedescriptors 65536 max_open_disk_fds 65536 ======================== my question is how to raise this value to 65536 ??? does raising this value make a big performance to squid ?? i think that i have an excellent hardware machine . advice me , regards -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/cant-increase-max-files-open-in-limits-conf-tp4659923.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
