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Sorry about the no comment thing.<br />
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The answer given by noci was very helpful.
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Sorry about the no comment thing.

The answer given by noci was very helpful.

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Hi,<br />
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I need to find out the maximum number of socket connections which can be served by SUSE Enterprise Linux 10. &nbsp;Novells Website has not been very helpful with this figure. &nbsp;I understand most of this is controlled by ulimit on a system and per process basis, but I cannot find any documentation on what the upper limit is per distribution. &nbsp;Is there a command/file which will inform me of the exact maximum allowed on any distribution.<br />
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I need to support around 1500 devices each using around 5 connections (split between client/server connections). &nbsp;We need to be sure the underlying OS can handle this number of connections.<br />
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Thanks
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Hi,

I need to find out the maximum number of socket connections which can be served by SUSE Enterprise Linux 10.  Novells Website has not been very helpful with this figure.  I understand most of this is controlled by ulimit on a system and per process basis, but I cannot find any documentation on what the upper limit is per distribution.  Is there a command/file which will inform me of the exact maximum allowed on any distribution.

I need to support around 1500 devices each using around 5 connections (split between client/server connections).  We need to be sure the underlying OS can handle this number of connections.

Thanks

Max socket connections in SUSE Enterprise Linux 10

A Linux distribution is an operating system made as a software collection based on the Linux kernel and, often, on a package management system and are available for a variety of systems. A typical Linux distribution comprises a Linux kernel, GNU tools and libraries, additional software, documentation, a window system (the most common being the X Window System), a window manager, and a desktop environment. Most Linux systems are open-source software made available both as compiled binaries and in source code form, allowing modifications to the original software. Over three hundred distributions are in active development, including commercially backed distributions (such as Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu) and community-driven distributions (such as Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and Arch Linux).

Linux Distributions

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.