[off-topic] Maximum TCP Server Connections

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-02-10, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

> Sorry this question isn't strictly Python-related. Does any one know how 
> many simultaneous TCP connections it's practical to expect a TCP-based 
> server application to support (on the OS of your choice)? I'm looking 
> for the restrictions imposed by the operating environment rather than 
> the application itself.

That depends entirely on the operating system environment.  For some
it's zero.  For others it's many thousands.

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