"Too many open files" on GDS

Marcus Carvalho marcuswac at GMAIL.COM
Fri Mar 17 20:23:57 EST 2006


The system admistrator has increased the open files limit on the OS
configuration and the problem seems to be solved. The problem didn't appear
again (until now).
Thanks!

On 3/17/06, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:
>
> If you do a Google search on that error message, it seems that message
> is usually not the problem of the application but that of the
> underlying operating system. You may need to consult with your system
> administrator (if that's not you) and change your OS configuration
> somehow. Can you reliably reproduce the problem? If all it takes is a
> reboot of the GDS to solve it, then I would also put a command in the
> cron to reboot the system every day at 3am, or some other time when the
> system doesn't see much action.
> Jennifer
>
> On Mar 16, 2006, at 3:38 PM, Marcus Carvalho wrote:
>
> > I've got some problems with my Grads Data Server. Sometimes, much data
> > can't be accessed, showing the message: "Too many open files". When it
> > happens, the data stills unavailable until someone reboot the GDS.
> >
> > Does anyone knows why it happens? How can I solve this problem?
> >
> --
> Jennifer Miletta Adams
> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
> Calverton, MD 20705 USA
> jma at cola.iges.org
>
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