See configure --max-filedescriptors It really depends on the OS. See SQUID_CHECK_MAXFD in https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/blob/master/acinclude/os-deps.m4#L166 You can see it printed at configure time for your specific OS On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 12:31 PM Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What is the absolute upper limit for filedescriptor in squid-6? > Am I limited to 64k dues to use of select(), or are larger numbers > possible? > > -- > Ralf Hildebrandt > Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin > Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk > > Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) > Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 > Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin > > Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 > ralf.hildebrandt@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.charite.de > _______________________________________________ > squid-users mailing list > squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users -- Francesco _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users