I am developing an application, where the requirement of the application is to create 3000 server socket objects and listen to the incoming data. When I try to create 3000 socket server objects in the program, I am encountering an IOException stating that the BUFFER LIMIT is attained.
The program which is generating the 3000 Server Socket objects is being developed on Windows.
Q 1) Is this a limitation which Windows imposes?
Q 2) If this is not an Operating System issue then how do I get around with this problem.
This is kind of an unusual design. Normally you'd have a single ServerSocket, and then put a multi-threaded server behind it so that it can process multiple incoming requests. Can you tell us why so many server sockets are required? (What's more, since every ServerSocket runs on its own port, the clients need to know which port to connect to.)
The requirement of the application is to simulate n number of servers. In this case the application needs to assign a unique port to each SocketServer and listen on that port. But I am unable to create beyond 325 server sockets.
So, is this a limitation which OS imposes or can i increase the buffer size.
Please understand the situation. The application needs to simulate n number of servers and server the requests.
As I already said, it's an OS limitation, unrelated to Java. You'd want to refer to Windows administation documents to learn how to raise this limit, if it's possible.
But if you're doing a simulation, then why use real ServerSockets? Do a simulation.
