maybe increase the number of allowable open files in /etc/sysctl.conf

add a line (if its not there - or increase if it is) ...

fs.file-max = 8192

and then reboot ...

bill

Javier Soques wrote:

>I´m not a linux guy but I think your problem has to do with the
>kernel filesystem limits. Check your /procs direcetory where the
>kernel controls the system parameters. I think it´s somewhere
>in /procs/kernel/filesystem or something like that.
>
>Bye
>Javier
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>>We have Firebird CS 1.03 running on RedHat Linux.
>>Instances in xinetd.conf set to UNLIMITED.
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>>Too many open files in system"
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>>Our database is 10 Files with about 11 GB.
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