Just check the process owner to be sure (top, htop, ps, ...) http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/install/installRecommendSettings.html#reference_ds_sxl_gf3_2k__user-resource-limits
C*heers, Alain 2015-07-01 7:33 GMT+02:00 Neha Trivedi <nehajtriv...@gmail.com>: > Arun, > I am logging on to Server as root and running (sudo service cassandra > start) > > regards > Neha > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Neha Trivedi <nehajtriv...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Arun ! I will try and get back ! >> >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Arun <arunsi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Looks like you have too many open files issue. Increase the ulimit for >>> the user. >>> >>> If you are starting the cassandra daemon using user cassandra, increase >>> the ulimit for that user. >>> >>> >>> > On Jun 30, 2015, at 21:16, Neha Trivedi <nehajtriv...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hello, >>> > I have a 4 node cluster with SimpleSnitch. >>> > Cassandra : Cassandra 2.1.3 >>> > >>> > I am trying to add a new node (cassandra 2.1.7) and I get the >>> following error. >>> > >>> > ERROR [STREAM-IN-] 2015-06-30 05:13:48,516 >>> JVMStabilityInspector.java:94 - JVM state determined to be unstable. >>> Exiting forcefully due to: >>> > java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/lib/cassandra/data/-Index.db (Too >>> many open files) >>> > >>> > I increased the MAX_HEAP_SIZE then I get : >>> > ERROR [CompactionExecutor:9] 2015-06-30 23:31:44,792 >>> CassandraDaemon.java:223 - Exception in thread >>> Thread[CompactionExecutor:9,1,main] >>> > java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: >>> /var/lib/cassandra/data/-Data.db (Too many open files) >>> > at >>> org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.CompressedThrottledReader.open(CompressedThrottledReader.java:52) >>> ~[apache-cassandra-2.1.7.jar:2.1.7] >>> > >>> > Is it because of the different version of Cassandra (2.1.3 and 2.17) ? >>> > >>> > regards >>> > N >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >