Tuning the OS could be interesting. If you have a specific suggestion about the OS tuning, I'll certainly pursue it.
here's an example of one of the IO exceptions, followed by a PList.size() exception 2011-09-02 05:44:18,863 ERROR [cursors.FilePendingMessageCursor] [] : Caught an IO Exception getting the DiskList 7_PendingCursor:FACTS java.lang.NullPointerExceptionnull at java.io.UnixFileSystem.resolve(UnixFileSystem.java:92)null at java.io.UnixFileSystem.resolve(UnixFileSystem.java:118)null at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:559)null at java.io.File.getCanonicalFile(File.java:583)null at java.io.File.mkdirs(File.java:1189)null at org.apache.activemq.util.IOHelper.mkdirs(IOHelper.java:249)null at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.plist.PListStore.intialize(PListStore.java:250)null at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.plist.PListStore.getPList(PListStore.java:203)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.cursors.FilePendingMessageCursor.getDiskList(FilePendingMessageCursor.java:442)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.cursors.FilePendingMessageCursor.flushToDisk(FilePendingMessageCursor.java:423)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.cursors.FilePendingMessageCursor.onUsageChanged(FilePendingMessageCursor.java:381)null at org.apache.activemq.usage.Usage$1.run(Usage.java:268)null at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)null at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)null at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)null Exception in thread "Usage Async Task" java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.cursors.FilePendingMessageCursor.getDiskList(FilePendingMessageCursor.java:445) at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.cursors.FilePendingMessageCursor.flushToDisk(FilePendingMessageCursor.java:423) at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.cursors.FilePendingMessageCursor.onUsageChanged(FilePendingMessageCursor.java:381) at org.apache.activemq.usage.Usage$1.run(Usage.java:268) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.io.UnixFileSystem.resolve(UnixFileSystem.java:92) at java.io.UnixFileSystem.resolve(UnixFileSystem.java:118) at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:559) at java.io.File.getCanonicalFile(File.java:583) at java.io.File.mkdirs(File.java:1189) at org.apache.activemq.util.IOHelper.mkdirs(IOHelper.java:249) at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.plist.PListStore.intialize(PListStore.java:250) at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.plist.PListStore.getPList(PListStore.java:203) at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.cursors.FilePendingMessageCursor.getDiskList(FilePendingMessageCursor.java:442) ... 6 more 2011-09-02 07:46:45,975 DEBUG [TransportConnection.Service] [] : Error occured while processing async command: ActiveMQObjectMessage {commandId = 769, responseRequired = false, messageId = ID:lagavulin-61712-1314899305643-0:42:1:1:765, originalDestination = null, originalTransactionId = null, producerId = ID:lagavulin-61712-1314899305643-0:42:1:1, destination = queue://starnodeTableQueue_CM_HOUR_FACTS, transactionId = null, expiration = 0, timestamp = 1314974805813, arrival = 0, brokerInTime = 1314974805858, brokerOutTime = 0, correlationId = null, replyTo = null, persistent = false, type = null, priority = 4, groupID = null, groupSequence = 0, targetConsumerId = null, compressed = false, userID = null, content = org.apache.activemq.util.By teSequence@a167b9, marshalledProperties = org.apache.activemq.util.ByteSequence@a0a822, dataStructure = null, redeliveryCounter = 0, size = 0, properties = {TO=0, FROM=32, HOST=134.242.171.26, trigger_name=TriggerData, version=3.4}, readOnlyProperties = false, readOnlyBody = false, droppable = false}, exception: java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerExceptionnull at org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.plist.PListStore.size(PListStore.java:193)null at org.apache.activemq.usage.TempUsage.retrieveUsage(TempUsage.java:53)null at org.apache.activemq.usage.Usage.caclPercentUsage(Usage.java:240)null at org.apache.activemq.usage.Usage.isFull(Usage.java:117)null at org.apache.activemq.usage.Usage.isFull(Usage.java:113)null at org.apache.activemq.usage.Usage.isFull(Usage.java:109)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.Queue.checkUsage(Queue.java:750)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.Queue.doMessageSend(Queue.java:674)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.Queue.send(Queue.java:653)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.AbstractRegion.send(AbstractRegion.java:365)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.region.RegionBroker.send(RegionBroker.java:523)null at org.apache.activemq.brokerBrokerFilter.send(BrokerFilter.java:129)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.CompositeDestinationBroker.send(CompositeDestinationBroker.java:96)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.TransactionBroker.send(TransactionBroker.java:227)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFilter.send(BrokerFilter.java:129)null at org.apache.activemq.security.AuthorizationBroker.send(AuthorizationBroker.java:192)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFilter.send(BrokerFilter.java:129)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.MutableBrokerFilter.send(MutableBrokerFilter.java:135)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.TransportConnection.processMessage(TransportConnection.java:458)null at org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQMessage.visit(ActiveMQMessage.java:681)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.TransportConnection.service(TransportConnection.java:306)null at org.apache.activemq.broker.TransportConnection$1.onCommand(TransportConnection.java:179)null at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportFilter.onCommand(TransportFilter.java:69)null at org.apache.activemq.transport.WireFormatNegotiator.onCommand(WireFormatNegotiator.java:113)null at org.apache.activemq.transport.InactivityMonitor.onCommand(InactivityMonitor.java:227)null at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportSupport.doConsume(TransportSupport.java:83)null at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.doRun(TcpTransport.java:220)null at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.run(TcpTransport.java:202)null at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)null -- View this message in context: http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/AMQ-5-5-non-persistent-messages-not-processed-counted-as-in-flight-tp3776808p3786303.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.