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Update maxclients directive in redis.conf info/wording (#2631)
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* Update `maxclients` directive in `redis.conf` info/wording.

* Update redis.conf:`maxclients` directive docs/reference/clients.md

Co-authored-by: David Dougherty <[email protected]>

* Update docs/reference/clients.md

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Co-authored-by: David Dougherty <[email protected]>
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lukmdo and dwdougherty authored Jan 2, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ However, Redis does the following two things when serving clients:
In Redis 2.4 there was a hard-coded limit for the maximum number of clients
that could be handled simultaneously.

In Redis 2.6 and newer, this limit is dynamic: by default it is set to 10000 clients, unless
otherwise stated by the `maxclients` directive in `redis.conf`.
In Redis 2.6 and newer, this limit is configurable using the `maxclients` directive in `redis.conf`. The default is 10,000 clients.

However, Redis checks with the kernel what the maximum number of file
descriptors that we are able to open is (the *soft limit* is checked). If the
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