[ACCUMULO-847] out of memory error creating native thread

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.4, 1.5.0
• Component/s: tserver

Environment

RHEL6

• Assignee: Keith Turner
• Reporter: Eric C. Newton
• Created: 09/Nov/12 15:47
• Updated: 17/Oct/13 21:07
• Resolved: 15/Nov/12 21:03

Description

Long running tablet servers had many gigabytes of memory allocated above what was expected (native + jvm). Inspection of the heap did not show an unusual number of native objects allocated. Servers would eventually fail to create new threads.

See HADOOP-7154 for the details.