ulimit El Capitan

create.sh

touch /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist
touch /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxproc.plist

chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist
chmod 0644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist

chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxproc.plist
chmod 0644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxproc.plist

limit.maxfiles.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>limit.maxfiles</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>launchctl</string>
      <string>limit</string>
      <string>maxfiles</string>
      <string>524288</string>
      <string>524288</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ServiceIPC</key>
    <false/>
  </dict>
</plist>

limit.maxproc.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple/DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">  
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
      <string>limit.maxproc</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
      <array>
        <string>launchctl</string>
        <string>limit</string>
        <string>maxproc</string>
        <string>2048</string>
        <string>2048</string>
      </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
      <true />
    <key>ServiceIPC</key>
      <false />
  </dict>
</plist>

ulimit.sh

$ sudo launchctl limit maxfiles 524288 524288
$ ulimit -n 524288