Lucene error : Too Many Open File ??

[#1]

Hello,

We are working with Alfresco 1.4. And I think that our index is corrupted because I can see a lot of error in alfresco log file and we can't add more file since see a dump error.

Error log :

00:03:43,186 ERROR [org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneBase2] Errorjava.io.FileNotFoundException: ./alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/SpacesStore/0e3909ea-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/IndexInfoDeletions (Too many open files)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.index.IndexInfo.getDeletions(IndexInfo.java:648)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.index.IndexInfo.createMainIndexReader(IndexInfo.java:1377)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.index.IndexInfo.getMainIndexReferenceCountingReadOnlyIndexReader(IndexInfo.java:748)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneBase2.getSearcher(LuceneBase2.java:156)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneIndexerImpl2.updateFullTextSearch(LuceneIndexerImpl2.java:1772)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.fts.FullTextSearchIndexerImpl.index(FullTextSearchIndexerImpl.java:172)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor503.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:335)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:181)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:148)
        at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:176)
        at $Proxy4.index(Unknown Source)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.fts.FTSIndexerJob.execute(FTSIndexerJob.java:36)
        at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:191)
        at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:516)


00:03:43,193 ERROR [org.quartz.core.JobRunShell] Job DEFAULT.ftsIndexerJobDetail threw an unhandled Exception:
org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneIndexException: Failed FTS update
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneIndexerImpl2.updateFullTextSearch(LuceneIndexerImpl2.java:1897)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.fts.FullTextSearchIndexerImpl.index(FullTextSearchIndexerImpl.java:172)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor503.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:335)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:181)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:148)
        at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:176)
        at $Proxy4.index(Unknown Source)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.fts.FTSIndexerJob.execute(FTSIndexerJob.java:36)
        at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:191)        at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:516)Caused by: org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneIndexException: Failed to open IndexSarcher for ./alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/SpacesStore/
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneBase2.getSearcher(LuceneBase2.java:172)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneIndexerImpl2.updateFullTextSearch(LuceneIndexerImpl2.java:1772)
        … 14 moreCaused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: ./alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/SpacesStore/0e3909ea-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/IndexInfoDeletions (Too many open files)
        at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:282)
        at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:744)
        at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:674)
        at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:866)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)


00:03:43,186 ERROR [org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneBase2] Error
java.io.FileNotFoundException: ./alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/SpacesStore/0e3909ea-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/IndexInfoDeletions (Too many open files)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.index.IndexInfo.getDeletions(IndexInfo.java:648)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.index.IndexInfo.createMainIndexReader(IndexInfo.java:1377)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.index.IndexInfo.getMainIndexReferenceCountingReadOnlyIndexReader(IndexInfo.java:748)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneBase2.getSearcher(LuceneBase2.java:156)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.LuceneIndexerImpl2.updateFullTextSearch(LuceneIndexerImpl2.java:1772)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.fts.FullTextSearchIndexerImpl.index(FullTextSearchIndexerImpl.java:172)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor503.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:335)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:181)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:148)
        at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:176)
        at $Proxy4.index(Unknown Source)
        at org.alfresco.repo.search.impl.lucene.fts.FTSIndexerJob.execute(FTSIndexerJob.java:36)
        at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:191)
        at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:516)

We tried to increase the number of files that can be opened simultaneously : ulimit -n 65535

But It's still the same.

If I check the number of file open by lucene, this is what I see :

[root@fidji alfresco]# lsof | grep luc | wc -l
845

With this command, I can see that lucene seams working on deleted file.

[root@fidji alfresco]# lsof | grep luc
java      3930    root  807r      REG        9,0     21298   18677931 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/lightWeightVersionStore/d9838a8f-79a6-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_m.cfs (deleted)
java      3930    root  808r      REG        9,0     18657   18678420 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/lightWeightVersionStore/f7a4dc0a-79a6-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_j.cfs (deleted)
java      3930    root  809r      REG        9,0     22366   18678493 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/lightWeightVersionStore/0f1efd2e-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_n.cfs (deleted)
java      3930    root  810r      REG        9,0     21296   18564073 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/lightWeightVersionStore/286aab1d-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_m.cfs (deleted)
java      3930    root  811r      REG        9,0      5789   18678520 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/SpacesStore/a3bbbacb-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_4.cfs
java      3930    root  812r      REG        9,0     22409   18678521 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/lightWeightVersionStore/34e16e87-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_n.cfs
java      3930    root  813r      REG        9,0      4019   18678523 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/SpacesStore/a4082d21-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_2.cfs
java      3930    root  814r      REG        9,0     18656   18678536 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/lightWeightVersionStore/a4d8eaac-79a7-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_j.cfs
java      3930    root  815r      REG        9,0     23181   18678553 /data/alfresco/alf_data/lucene-indexes/workspace/lightWeightVersionStore/11c3e8ff-79a8-11db-946d-3bededff6578/_o.cfs

What can I do ?
Is it possible to recreate the index ?

Thanks
Regards,
Chris

[nis]

Hello,

We have the same error. Have you found a fix ?

[#3]

No, and I think I need to reinstall all because today I can't logon into.

:cry:

[lgr]

FYI, same error under linux with a fresh install of v1.4.0.

Laurent.

[andy]

Hi

65k files is over the top. We have only had to adjust this in one case and then only up to 4096.

It is possible that there are other resource limits set in linux (e.g per process, per user, overall …..).

What does ulimit -a report back?

This web page will probably help ..http://www.xenoclast.org/doc/benchmark/HTTP-benchmarking-HOWTO/node7.html


It is possible to delete the index and start again.

repository.properties contains …..

# The index recovery mode (NONE, VALIDATE, AUTO, FULL)
index.recovery.mode=VALIDATE
‍‍‍‍

You can set this to FULL and the index will be rebuilt.

Regards

Andy

[lgr]

Well, i don't see what should limit the file creation.

core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
max nice                        (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 8191
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 1024
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
max rt priority                 (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 8191
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited

But, thanks a lot your recovery mode is some kind of a great happiness !!

Laurent.

[lgr]

Just to be sure, to delete lucene indexes, can you confirm that i just have to
- stop alfresco
- delete alf_data/lucene-indexes
- modify repository.properties
- start alfresco (and watch for log files to check that everything is ok)
- re-modify repository.properties so that next restart will go fine without any recovery mode

Laurent.

[paulhh]

Hi

Yes, that's the correct way to rebuild.

Could anyone with this problem let us know which Linux (distro & ver) they are using?  We did the 10 million document benchmarks on Red Hat, so it doesn't seem like it should be a general "Linux" problem.

Cheers
Paul.

[lgr]

Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 (2006.1 fully updated as of one week ago)
sun-jdk-1.5.0.08
HSQL
openoffice.org 2.0.4

running on a HP DL140 configuration (IDE drive, 1Gb ram).

Laurent.

[lgr]

I'll probably also test the 1.4.0 on a redhat in a few days.

What distro do you recommend ? redhat ES 3, 4 ? CentOS ?

Laurent.