advice needed before changing inotify max_user_watches

[Ed Greshko]

On 04/20/14 14:09, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 14:11:24 PM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> I don't know how the system sets this value.  8192 seems rather small to me.
> good point, thanks. This, in fact, is a side question that I forgot to
> ask in my original email: what are the criteria or rule of thumb to
> calculate which value of max_user_watches is sensible? Does it depend
> on number of files, RAM amount, what else?
>
>
>> And there is nothing in my sysctl.conf to override.
> same here, but I understand that I should __ADD__ that setting at the
> end of the file. But this is another point on which I am seeking
> confirmation/feedback, instead of risking to stop work for a day to
> fix some problem...
>
>     Marco

Well....  As I noted, my 1GB VM F20 system has a value of 524288.  I can't see how upping that value on your system will damage anything.  In the little searching I also did on that issue I see some folks with 1M+ for that value.

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