added note for inode-max

k4yt3x · Oct 7, 2020 · f173c2c · f173c2c
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ fs.protected_regular = 2
 # this value can be up to:
 #   - 2147483647 (0x7fffffff) on a 32-bit system
 #   - 9223372036854775807 (0x7fffffffffffffff) on a 64-bit system
+# be aware that the Linux kernel documentation suggests that inode-max should be 3-4 times
+#   larger than this value
 fs.file-max = 9223372036854775807
 
 ########## Virtualization ##########

diff --git a/sysctl.conf b/sysctl.conf
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ fs.protected_regular = 2
 # this value can be up to:
 #   - 2147483647 (0x7fffffff) on a 32-bit system
 #   - 9223372036854775807 (0x7fffffffffffffff) on a 64-bit system
+# be aware that the Linux kernel documentation suggests that inode-max should be 3-4 times
+#   larger than this value
 fs.file-max = 9223372036854775807
 
 ########## Virtualization ##########