[Samba] Re: Too many open files, Bug 3342

Gautier, B (Bob) Bob.Gautier at rabobank.com
Mon Feb 6 16:53:11 GMT 2006


 

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] On Behalf Of David Highley
> Sent: 06 February 2006 16:28
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Re: Too many open files, Bug 3342
> 
> ""Gautier, B \(Bob\)" wrote:"
> > 
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: samba-bounces+bob.gautier=rabobank.com at lists.samba.org
> > > [mailto:samba-bounces+bob.gautier=rabobank.com at lists.samba.org
> > ] On Behalf Of Rex Dieter
> > > Sent: 06 February 2006 13:26
> > > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > > Subject: [Samba] Re: Too many open files, Bug 3342
> > > 
> > > David Highley wrote:
> > > > We submitted bug 3342 on Dec. 20th, Too many open files. It has 
> > > > not moved from the new state. So lets try here.
> > > ...
> > > > RedHat Advanced Server 3 update 3
> > >   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > Still looking clues as to what might be a cause for 
> this behavior.
> > > 
> > > I'd suggest you report the problem(s) to redhat too, especially 
> > > since you paid the $$ for enteprise support.
> > 
> > You are nowhere near the system limit at the time of the 
> crash, so I 
> > guess you are running up to Samba's process open file limit 
> (ulimit -n).
> > Why not try increasing it?  You might not be seeing a bug, just a 
> > nasty spike in traffic caused by your applications.
> > 
> > Bob G
> 
> File performance goes to heck and the number of open samba 
> connections never falls so we end up having to reboot the 
> system. Client PCs end up with out of memory crashes and 
> other sperious errors.

Yes, that was the more likely outcome of trying to workaround with
ulimit... :-(

The fact that it eventually bombs the clients suggests it might be
originating there.  Have you looked for solutions from the ClearCase
end?

It might also be worth updating your RHEL system -- I think update 3 is
rather behind the times now.

Regards,

Bob G

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