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Update maxclients directive in redis.conf info/wording.
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lukmdo committed Dec 24, 2023
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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 by `maxclients` directive in `redis.conf` (set by default to 10000 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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