# System Limits

The following system limits should be set or removed.

| Name    | Required value   | Description                             |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| core    | unlimited        | maximum core dump size                  |
| memlock | unlimited        | maximum locked-in-memory address space  |
| nofile  | 200000           | maximum number of open file descriptors |
| as      | unlimited        | address space limit                     |
| nproc   | 8096             | maximum number of processes             |

This configuration is provided in the file `/etc/security/limits.d/scylla.conf`.