Ok, i'll up the limit, but is there any metric I can use for what's reasonable versus what's worrisome in an average case/per job?
On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 5:00:55 PM UTC-5, James Nord wrote: > > The default max file handles in most Linux installs (1024) for Jenkins is > woefully inadequate. > > Java itself will have many open files to libs and jars, jenkins will then > have the for jobs, users and slaves. > > I recall also that the lib used by the fd plugin doesn't count all for > descriptors and I think I submitted a patch. It certainly will only get > descriptors opened after it is hooked up which is after java itself has got > may handles which can give you a significant difference. > > I would up the limit and then run a periodic check on the file handles to > check that there are no leaks over time. > > On 7 January 2015 20:21:50 GMT+00:00, Sean Last <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Yes, restarting jenkins completely clears the open files for the jenkins >> user, even though the jenkins application is unaware of the open files. >> >> On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 3:06:39 PM UTC-5, LesMikesell wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Sean Last <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > And I know I could just up the open files limit for the jenkins user, >>> but >>> > I'd really like to know why this is happening so it doesn't just keep >>> > growing until it's full regardless of where I put the limit. >>> >>> Off the top of my head, a bug in the JVM you are using sounds likely. >>> Have you tried different versions or checked its issues? And does a >>> jenkins restart drop the number significantly compared to after >>> running a long time? >>> >>> -- >>> Les Mikesell >>> [email protected] >>> >> > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/2a98cd1e-8746-4243-9d47-d4dc5ac63cd1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
