A high traffic web application suddenly begins failing with database connection timeouts under peak load. At the same time, the underlying Linux OS…

A high traffic web application suddenly begins failing with database connection timeouts under peak load. At the same time, the underlying Linux OS kernel hosting the database reports "too many open files" error and network socket exhaustion. Explain the root cause of this failure at the linux os kernel level.

From the RAKUB Engineer June 2026 – Written exam, question 8 of 20.

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