| 32 bit apps under solaris are limited to only 255 | file descriptors. there appears to be a fix in opensolaris and solaris 11 http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=1085341 http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2006042001/ back ports to solaris 9+10 appear to be "coming soon"