In RHEL 5, why does /proc/sys/fs/file-nr show open files in multiples of 510?
Issue
The file /proc/sys/fs/file-nr always outputs 0, 1, 510 or some other multiple of 510 such as 1020 or 1530 as a number of open files.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
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