Desktop App - too many files open

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Hi

My client application doesn’t sync, it sends an error of too many files open.
I am using Ubuntu 20.04
the client works with 18.04

Is it client side or server side that could be causing the issue?
I tried amending how many files can be open on the client, but was no solution to the issue, so i have reverted to original file setting of not stating a number. as below

/etc/systemd/user.conf
DefaultLimitNOFILE=65536

/etc/security/limits.conf
*       soft    nofile  65536
*       hard    nofile  65536

Any help or point in the right direction will be much appreciated.

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I am having the same issue since a few days ago. Is there any way to fix it?

3

I have found a workaround for the time being. IT ISN’T PRETTY.

1:
You can gradually increase the amount of files the client syncs. e.g. I syncd my documents first, then reopened the settings and clicked the videos tick box and re-sync’d, then did the same with the pictures etc.

it got to the point where it was taking ages so I tried the next step

2:
goto the following and add the following

/etc/security/limits.conf

*         soft    nofile      500000
*         soft    nproc       500000
*         hard    nproc       500000

/etc/systemd/user.conf
DefaultLimitNOFILE=500000

/etc/systemd/system.conf
DefaultLimitNOFILE=500000:524288

ensure the system is updated and restart. seeems to be working now, but only after an update, before it would just crash.

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I also solved this problem by adding the following line to the config.php file of the Nextcloud server :
'bulkupload.enabled' => false,
I have experienced this problem on several servers with different configuration and Nextcloud version 25.0.2.
The function is an optimization for small files, but the server still work pretty fast.

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5

This is still helping!

6

Still working perfectly.

I solved the same thing on Kubernetes, so I’ll just add how to add it to the values file:

  configs:
    custom.config.php: |-
      <?php
      $CONFIG = array (
        'default_phone_region' => 'CZ',
        'default_timezone' => 'Europe/Prague',
        'bulkupload.enabled' => false,
        'default_locale' => 'cs_CZ',
      );
  strategy:
    [...]