Last Updated: 2013-10-09
Condition or Error
The operating system or environment reports that the
tungsten or designated
Tungsten Cluster user has too many open files, processes, or
both.
Causes
User limits for processes or files have either been exhausted, or recommended limits for user configuration have not been set.
Rectifications
Check the output of ulimit and check the configure file and process limits:
shell> ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 256
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 1
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 709
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimitedIf the figures reported are less than the recommended settings, see Section B.2.2, “Creating the User Environment” for guidance on how these values should be changed.
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