[Orca-users] problem: Too many files

[Duncan Lawie]

From: Duncan Lawie <duncanl at demon.net>

Hi,

I found the file descriptor problem below, and would recommend a brief note being added to the documentation.  I'm actually
starting orca with an rc2 script, so I've put my
ulimit -n 256
in there.

My current question is actually whether there are too many files altogether.  I have taken to deleting percollator files
more than a week old as the information has all gone into the RRDs.  However, this means that orca gets unhappy about old
files that have gone missing.

Is there any need to keep old source text files longer than a week (assuming my RRDs are safely backed up) ?

Cheers,
Duncan.

Blair Zajac wrote:

> Orca is designed to use 256 file descriptors.  Problems of this sort
> occur when there is a limit on the number of open file descriptors
> for a single process less than 256.  Type
>
> limit
>
> and see what it says for descriptors.  You'll need to increase this
> number in your shell or cron.
>
> Blair

--
Duncan Lawie
duncanl at demon.net
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