Question

Point out the wrong statement.

(a) The “hard” ulimit refers to the maximum number of processes that a user can have active at any time

(b) The “soft” ulimit refers to the minimum number of processes that a user can have active at any time

(c) ulimit will modify both “hard” and “soft” values unless the -H or -S modifiers are specified when modifying limit values

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was asked in an internship interview.

My question is from System Collections topic in section Production Checklist, Security Concepts and Network Security of MongoDB

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) The “soft” ulimit refers to the minimum number of processes that a user can have active at any time

To elaborate: There are both “hard” and the “soft” ulimits that affect MongoDB’s performance.