Nginx Windows High Traffic issues

[c0nw0nk]

Maxim Dounin Wrote:
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> Hello!
> 
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 09:41:15AM -0400, c0nw0nk wrote:
> 
> > So i spent a while on this one and turns out the problem is a little
> > function in nginx's core called "worker_rlimit_nofile".
> > 
> > 
> > But for me on windows (i don't know if it does it for linux users
> too.)
> > grinds my site down to a halt unless you increase its value.
> > 
> > Why does it do this ?
> > http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_rlimit_nofile
> 
> On unix, worker_rlimit_nofile does exactly what's documented: it 
> calls setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE) within worker process.  This allows 
> to change OS-imposed limit without restarting nginx.  And there is 
> no default in nginx itself - the default is set by OS and it's 
> configuration.
> 
> Note well that the words "without restarting" is actually the 
> reason why this directive exists at all.  If a restart isn't a big 
> deal, then OS limit can be changed by native means ("ulimit -n" 
> and friends).
> 
> In official nginx on Windows, worker_rlimit_nofile does nothing.  
> Not sure if there is an equivalent limit on Windows at all.
> 
> -- 
> Maxim Dounin
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I find it very hard to believe it does nothing without me setting it
everything is very slow ?

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