How to increase number of open files limit in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?
Issue
- Facing "Resource temporarily unavailable" errors while load testing a application, need to increase "nofile" and system wide limits for number of open files.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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