[squid-users] running out of file descriptors...

Hi Everyone...

I'm looking for some suggestions.

I'm getting these in my /var/log/messages:
squid[3331]: WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors

running cachemgr.cgi shows that I am indeed running out... My maximum
number is 1024, and last night I had a largest in use and number in use
both over 900.

I did some google searches, read the squid docs, etc, and what I got from
it all was to go make some changes in my kernel and recompile. I did.
I followed these URL as best I could for my 2.4.18 kernel:
http://www.squid-cache.org/linux-tweak.html
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html

Then I began recompiling squid, but when I run ./configure, it still only
sees 1024, not the 32768 I used.

When I look at include/autoconf.h, I see this:
/* Default FD_SETSIZE value */
#define DEFAULT_FD_SETSIZE 1024

/* Maximum number of open filedescriptors */
#define SQUID_MAXFD 1024

So I changed include.autoconf.h to look like this:
/* Default FD_SETSIZE value */
#define DEFAULT_FD_SETSIZE 32768
/*#define DEFAULT_FD_SETSIZE 1024*/

/* Maximum number of open filedescriptors */
#define SQUID_MAXFD 32768
/*#define SQUID_MAXFD 1024*/

and I recompiled and reinstalled and restarted squid.

cachemgr.cgi still reports only 1024 available descriptors.

Is there somewhere else I need to make some changes for Squid to see that
there are more descriptors?

I get this from /proc:
coloccia@firewall {500} sys: cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
32768

Suggestions?

Thanks!
-Rick

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Rick Coloccia
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SUNY Geneseo
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