That's strange ... how do you execute your searches - each search opens up an IndexReader? Do you make sure to close them? Maybe those are file descriptors of files you index?
Forgive the silly questions, but I've never seen Lucene run into out-of-files handles ... Shai On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Chris Bamford <chris.bamf...@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.bamf...@scalix.com > Tel: +44 (0)1344 381814 > www.scalix.com > >
