[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-2580) Kafka Broker keeps file handles open for all log files (even if its not written to/read from)

["Vinoth Chandar (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Vinoth Chandar created KAFKA-2580:
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             Summary: Kafka Broker keeps file handles open for all log files (even if its not written to/read from)
                 Key: KAFKA-2580
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-2580
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: core
    Affects Versions: 0.8.2.1
            Reporter: Vinoth Chandar


We noticed this in one of our clusters where we stage logs for a longer amount of time. It appears that the Kafka broker keeps file handles open even for non active (not written to or read from) files. (in fact, there are some threads going back to 2013 http://grokbase.com/t/kafka/users/132p65qwcn/keeping-logs-forever) 

Needless to say, this is a problem and forces us to either artificially bump up ulimit (its already at 100K) or expand the cluster (even if we have sufficient IO and everything). 

Filing this ticket, since I could find anything similar. Very interested to know if there are plans to address this (given how Samza's changelog topic is meant to be a persistent large state use case).  




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