Looks like this is a low-level Linux issue ... see Shay's email to the ElasticSearch list about it:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/elasticsearch/_I1_OfaL7QY Also see the comments here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4182642 Mike McCandless http://blog.mikemccandless.com On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Óscar Marín Miró <oscarmarinm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Michael, thanks for the note :) > > I'm having a similar problem since yesterday, tomcats are wild on CPU [near > 100%]. Did your solr servers did not reply to index/query requests? > > Thanks :) > > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Michael Tsadikov > <mich...@myheritage.com>wrote: > >> Our solr servers went into GC hell, and became non-responsive on date >> change today. >> >> Restarting tomcats did not help. >> >> Rebooting the machine did. >> >> >> http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/leap-second-bug-wreaks-havoc-with-java-linux/ >> > > > > -- > Whether it's science, technology, personal experience, true love, > astrology, or gut feelings, each of us has confidence in something that we > will never fully comprehend. > --Roy H. William