Lighttpd

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server.max-fds option
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 As lighttpd is a single-threaded server, its main resource limit is the number of file descriptors, which is set to 1024 by default (on most systems).

 If you are running a high-traffic site you might want to increase this limit by setting server.max-fds.

 Changing this setting requires root permissions on startup. 

 By default lighttpd would not change the operation system default. But setting it to 2048 is a better default for busy servers.

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  server.max-fds = 2048

See Also
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* server.max-connectionsDetails <http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/server.max-connectionsDetails>