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How to calculate maximum number of processes in Elixir
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maximum_processes.ex
0..1_000_000
|> Enum.each(fn(_n) ->
IO.puts "Creating process: #{Process.list |> Enum.count}"
spawn(fn -> Process.sleep(:infinity)
end)
end)
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osbre commented Jan 20, 2023

It's 262144 by default

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TIL! Thank you!

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sdball commented Apr 30, 2024

You can also call into Erlang's system_info, I don't know if there's an Elixir version of this function.

> :erlang.system_info(:process_limit)
262144

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