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How high can we safely set max_fd in limits.conf on the forwarder?

ddrillic
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‎12-14-2016 12:04 PM

We have large number of log files to ingest and the machine shows -

$ ulimit -n
64000

How high can we set the max_fd in limits.conf of the forwarder?

[inputproc]
max_fd = <8192 ???>
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Claw
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Splunk Employee
‎12-16-2016 05:22 AM

This has been answered in this blog.

http://blogs.splunk.com/2011/11/21/whats-your-ulimit/

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Claw
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‎12-16-2016 05:22 AM

This has been answered in this blog.

http://blogs.splunk.com/2011/11/21/whats-your-ulimit/

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