2.1. Performance Update

2.1. Performance Update
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There are some known issues that affect scalability for large numbers of sessions (more than 80 simultaneous sessions per server) on Oracle Linux 6 and Oracle Solaris 11 systems. These limits are a result of default configurations and low file descriptor resource caps configured in the system DBus and gdm processes. The following workarounds can be applied to extend scalability.

Oracle Linux 6

Become superuser on the Sun Ray server.

Change the default DBus resource limits by creating a /etc/dbus-1/system-local.conf file with the following lines:

<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-Bus Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
<busconfig>
  <!-- default for this is 2048 -->
  <limit name="max_completed_connections">32768</limit>
  <!-- default for this is 256 -->
  <limit name="max_connections_per_user">4096</limit>
</busconfig>

Change the system GDM daemons file descriptor resource cap by adding a ulimit command to the /etc/X11/prefdm file.
After the line PATH=..., add the following line:
```
ulimit -n 16384
```
Reboot the system for the changes to take effect.

Oracle Solaris 11

Become superuser on the Sun Ray server.

Change the default DBus resource limits by creating a /etc/dbus-1/system-local.conf file with the following lines:

<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-Bus Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
<busconfig>
  <!-- default for this is 2048 -->
  <limit name="max_completed_connections">32768</limit>
  <!-- default for this is 256 -->
  <limit name="max_connections_per_user">4096</limit>
</busconfig>

Change the system DBus daemons file descriptor resource cap by adding a plimit command to the /etc/init.d/utsyscfg file.
After the line start) (line 320), add the following lines:
```
if [ -x /bin/plimit ]; then
	DPID=$(pgrep -f "dbus-daemon --system")
	if [ -n "$DPID" ]; then
		plimit -n 16384 $DPID
	fi
fi
```
Force the system gdm process to use the Solaris Extended File Facility by replacing a line in the /lib/svc/method/svc-gdm file.
Replace the line /usr/sbin/gdm $arg & with the following two lines:
```
ulimit -n 16384
LD_PRELOAD_32=/usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 /usr/sbin/gdm $arg &
```
Reboot the system for the changes to take effect.