Re: Errors: Too many open files

Sorry, I should have mentioned:

RedHat Linux 7.1

_Ken

At 05:28 PM 12/6/01, you wrote:
>During busy hours, Postgres and Apache are reporting
>errors that there are too many open files, and sometimes
>Postgres will crash. I've searched all over for a way
>to increase this resource limit.
>I have tried:
>
>ulimit -n 8192
>(seems only to work for the current shell session)
>
>echo "8192" > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
>(did not seem to make a difference)
>
>adding this entry to /etc/security/limits.conf:
>postgres hard nofile 4096
>(did not seem to make a difference)
>
>I have read the Postgres Administration docs
>"3.5.2 Resource Limits" but I am still unable to find
>the solution.
>
>Can anybody tell me how to increase the resource allocation,
>and exactly where to make this change?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>_Ken Creason
>webmaster(at)fcs(dot)net
>
>
>
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