From 06b2162d949df80c7f39be45bc79aeb5a33a3a90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xingbo Wu <wuxb45@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 02:42:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 ## Configuration
 
+### CPU affinity
 RemixDB employs background threads to perform asynchronous compaction.
 When possible (on Linux or FreeBSD), these threads are pinned on specific cores for efficiency.
 To avoid having conflicts with the foreground threads, it is necessary to separate the cores used by different threads.
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ $ export XDB_CPU_LIST=12,14,16,18
 $ ./xdbdemo.out
 ```
 
+### Maximum number of open files
+The current implementation keeps every table file open at run time.
+This requires a large `nofile` in `/etc/security/limits.conf`.
+For example, add `* - nofile 100000` to `limits.conf`, reboot/relogin, and check `ulimit -n`.
+
 ## xdbtest
 
 `xdbtest` is a stress test program that uses the `remixdb_*` functions.