Increasing the number of file descriptors on machines running HTTP servers is one of the first recommendations I make to my consulting clients. It's much easie

Increasing the number of file descriptors on machines running HTTP servers is one of the first recommendations I make to my consulting clients. It's much easier to overlook than you'd probably imagine. I have seen apps serving hundreds of thousands of API requests per day that had the default settings. It's one of those quick changes that can have a big impact.