You also might want to check if you have compactions pending (Opscenter / nodetool compactionstats).
Also you can monitor the number of sstables. C*heers Alain 2015-07-01 11:53 GMT+02:00 Neha Trivedi <nehajtriv...@gmail.com>: > Thanks I will checkout. > I increased the ulimit to 100000, but I am getting the same error, but > after a while. > regards > Neha > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Alain RODRIGUEZ <arodr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >