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By default, yes. The kern.maxfiles sysctl value can go to the upwards of hundreds of thousands, if I recall correctly.
by vezzy-fnord 12y ago
By default, yes. The kern.maxfiles sysctl value can go to the upwards of hundreds of thousands, if I recall correctly.
- throwabob214 12y agoPractically the limits are INT_MAX, the size of the process file descriptor table in-kernel. (And possibly a system limit on vnodes? Just guessing.) 2 billion fds makes for a lot of memory used for open files.