are you using the same kernel on both boxes? 2.4.x gives the 7168 limit, 2.6.x gives "unlimited" and 2.2.x gives 256 by default.
Andrew Miehs wrote:
Hi Philipp,I agree with you that the boxes may need tuning, but thats not the point....develop:~$ ulimit -u 7168 develop:~$ www01:~# ulimit -u 256 www01:~# On both boxes