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Subject: Re: Compaction and unreleased file descriptors
From: Adam Kocoloski <kocolosk@apache.org>
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I think that's the right approach.  Thanks for the JIRA ticket.

Adam

On Oct 26, 2010, at 3:10 AM, Russell wrote:

> Thanks guys. I think I'm going to log it anyway, this problem is too
> serious to just hope for the best.
>=20
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Filipe David Manana
> <fdmanana@apache.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Russell <rusvdw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So should I bother creating a bug in the issue tracker or can we
>>> assume it will be fixed in the next version?
>>=20
>> I think it's only worth if the issue doesn't seem to be fixed on =
1.0.x.
>> 1.0.2 is going to be released soon (days, weeks? I can't tell), which
>> is based on branch 1.0.x.
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Filipe David Manana
>>> <fdmanana@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> The commit Chris did (2nd October, 1.0.x) also helps here:
>>>>=20
>>>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=3Drevision&revision=3D1003718
>>>>=20
>>>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Christian Scharr
>>>> <Christian.Scharr@hsh-berlin.com> wrote:
>>>>> As I can see in the dev-list, a possible way to fix this has been =
posted on Sept. 25 by Filipe
>>>>>=20
>>>>> -----
>>>>> Quote:
>>>>> -----
>>>>> "Filipe,
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Thanks very much for looking at this, I'll get one of our guys to =
check out the code and put it on one of our servers, we can normally =
tell pretty quickly if its working or not.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Will let you know the results
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Stephen"
>>>>> -----
>>>>>=20
>>>>> But I can't find any further informations regarding the final fix =
of this bug.
>>>>> Maybe it's targeted for 1.0.2 ...
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen,
>>>>> Greets,
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Christian Scharr
>>>>> Dipl. Wirtschaftsinformatiker (BA)
>>>>> MESO-/InHouse-Entwicklung
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>>>>>=20
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Russell [mailto:rusvdw@gmail.com]
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 10:04 AM
>>>>>> To: user@couchdb.apache.org
>>>>>> Subject: Compaction and unreleased file descriptors
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> I'm currently battling with 1.0.1 production servers that require =
the
>>>>>> CouchDB service to be restarted every couple of days due to the =
fact
>>>>>> that CouchDB does not release the file descriptors of compacted
>>>>>> databases. As a result the free space on my servers simply =
disappear
>>>>>> over a couple of days, causing the servers to crash unless I stop =
and
>>>>>> restart the CouchDB servers (at which point the release of the =
file
>>>>>> descriptors returns the free space to the system).
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Having searched the mailing list, I came upon a thread titled =
"Couch
>>>>>> not releasing deleted files" in september that seems to indicate =
that
>>>>>> the couch devs are aware of the issue, however I cannot find a =
bug in
>>>>>> the issue tracker relating to the problem.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Does anyone know what the status of the issue is at the moment?
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>  Russell
>>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>> --
>>>> Filipe David Manana,
>>>> fdmanana@gmail.com, fdmanana@apache.org
>>>>=20
>>>> "Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world.
>>>>  Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves.
>>>>  That's why all progress depends on unreasonable men."
>>>>=20
>>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> --
>> Filipe David Manana,
>> fdmanana@gmail.com, fdmanana@apache.org
>>=20
>> "Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world.
>>  Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves.
>>  That's why all progress depends on unreasonable men."
>>=20