: I specify a timeout on all queries, .... Ah -- ok, yeah -- you mean using "timeAllowed" correct?
If the root issue you were seeing is in fact clocksource related, then using timeAllowed would probably be a significant compounding factor there since it would involve a lot of time checks in a single request (even w/o any debugging enabled) (did your coworker's experiements with ES use any sort of equivilent timeout feature?) -Hoss http://www.lucidworks.com/