Add a troubleshooting entry to deal with too few file descriptors
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- CSS
- Stars
- 118
- Forks
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Description
This came up in https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/1928, but also in a number of issues before that in different contexts. We should create a troubleshooting entry and talk about ulimits so people know what to do.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the existing troubleshooting documentation and the related RethinkDB issue 1928 first. Add a troubleshooting entry explaining the too-few-file-descriptors problem and ulimits, with guidance on what users should do; the work is done when this recurring issue has a clear documented remedy.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- documentation, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100