Too many open files

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1

Hi!

we have increased the number of open files in /etc/security/limits...
to 200000 but still getting errors:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: (Too many open files)

2

Hi

did you check the current limits with ulimit after setting this value
into /etc/security/limits ?

Ludo

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:14 PM, tetlika tetlika@gmail.com wrote:

Hi!

we have increased the number of open files in /etc/security/limits...
to 200000 but still getting errors:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: (Too many open files)

3

You can make sure that the setting has been applies to the elasticsearch process by passing -Des.max-open-files=true to the script. Check here: Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic.
On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Ludovic Levesque wrote:

Hi

did you check the current limits with ulimit after setting this value
into /etc/security/limits ?

Ludo

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:14 PM, tetlika tetlika@gmail.com wrote:

Hi!

we have increased the number of open files in /etc/security/limits...
to 200000 but still getting errors:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: (Too many open files)

4

If you are starting elastic from an init script, setting the file limit in
/etc/security/limits doesn't apply. You will need to put a ulimit -a 200000
line in the init script itself. This will only work if you are running
elastic as root.

Lee

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dangerous to always think with exclamation points instead of question
marks."
by Marty Beckerman
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Shay Banon
shay.banon@elasticsearch.comwrote:

You can make sure that the setting has been applies to the elasticsearch
process by passing -Des.max-open-files=true to the script. Check here:
Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic.

On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Ludovic Levesque wrote:

Hi

did you check the current limits with ulimit after setting this value
into /etc/security/limits ?

Ludo

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:14 PM, tetlika tetlika@gmail.com wrote:

Hi!

we have increased the number of open files in /etc/security/limits...
to 200000 but still getting errors:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: (Too many open files)