[squid-users] Squid is running out of filedescriptors in Mac OSX Server!

Hi all!

Have seen in the FAQ and also in the mailarchives that running out of
filedescriptors is not very uncommon. But I haven't seen anyone writing
about this issue in Mac OSX Server.

We run Squid as a http-accelerator and when our webserver is very busy,
Squid keeps saying:
        WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors

In Mac OS X Server when you run the command sysctl -a you see that:
        kern.maxfiles = 32768

That is also recognized by Squid when you ./configure:
        checking Maximum number of filedescriptors we can open... 32768

But the funny thing, is that when you start Squid, you see in the
cache-log:
        With 1024 file descriptors available

So, the problem here seems that Squid "forgets" that it has 32768
filedescriptors when running...

Can anyone advise?

Regards,
Micke Moggia
Received on Thu Oct 16 2003 - 17:39:03 MDT