On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Robert Wille <rwi...@fold3.com> wrote:
> I would almost think that this is caused by high load on the server, but > I've never seen CPU utilization go above about two of my eight available > cores. If high load triggers this problem, then that is very disconcerting. > That means that a CPU spike could permanently cripple a node. Okay, not > permanently, but until a manual flush occurs. > While it is unlikely to be related to CPU (i/o much more likely...), the JVM is certainly capable of finding itself in a low-heap situation which : 1) performs very poorly 2) does not crash 3) and cannot be recovered from This usually requires a restart of the JVM. This mental model should be an expectation for any application running in the JVM. =Rob