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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:49:37 -0400
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Subject: Re: Lucene gobbling file descriptors
From: Erick Erickson <erickerickson@gmail.com>
To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
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Note that for search speed reasons, you really, really want to share your
readers and NOT open/close for every request.
FWIW
Erick

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Chris Bamford <Chris.Bamford@scalix.com>wrote:

> I'm glad its not normal.  That means we can fix it!  I will conduct a
> review of IndexReader/Searcher open/close ops.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael McCandless <lucene@mikemccandless.com>
> Sent: Wed, 26/8/2009 2:26pm
> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Lucene gobbling file descriptors
>
> This is not normal.  As long as you are certain you close every
> IndexReader/Searcher that you opened, the number of file descriptors
> should stay "contained".
>
> Though: how many files are there in your index directory?
>
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Chris Bamford<Chris.Bamford@scalix.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I wonder if someone can help?  We have a successful Lucene app deployed
> on Tomcat which works well.  As far as we can tell, our developers have
> observed all the guidelines in the Lucene FAQ, but on some of our
> installations, Tomcat eventually runs out of file descriptors and needs a
> restart to clear it.  We know Lucene is the culprit because use lsof -p
> <java PID> and the vast majority (usually tens of thousands) of files
> reported are Lucene index files.
> >
> > I am hoping to get some tips on how this can be avoided.  Is it simply
> the case that as time goes by, more and more descriptors are left open and
> no matter how high ulimit is set, you will run out?  Or is there a policy of
> recycling that we are failing to utilise properly?
> >
> > I am happy to provide more information, just don't know what at this
> point!  Please ask....
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > - Chris
> >
> > Chris Bamford
> > Senior Development Engineer
> > Scalix
> > chris.bamford@scalix.com
> > Tel: +44 (0)1344 381814
> > www.scalix.com
> >
> >
>
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