Operating System Configuration

Operating System Configuration and Best Practices

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This topic shows you how to tune your operating system for best performance with Nuix REST.

Linux

Open File Limits

Sometimes it is necessary to increase the number of system wide open file descriptors when running Nuix REST on Linux. The limit for this setting should be no less than 1 million. You can check the limit by executing the following command from a command prompt.

cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max

You can increase the maximum number of open files on the Linux host by editing the kernel directive fs.file-max using the sysctl utility.

As the root user, enter the following command:

sysctl -w fs.file-max=1000000

Users will need to logout and login again for the changes to take effect. If you want to apply the limit immediately, you can use the following command:

sysctl -p