Taking the HAProxy out of the picture I still see the same results if I hit my solr instance: http://localhost:8983/solr/items/admin/file?file=healthcheck.txt from my browser
.. java 4729 root 48u REG 8,17 0 817622 /var/solr/home/items/conf/healthcheck.txt java 4729 root 49r REG 8,17 0 817622 /var/solr/home/items/conf/healthcheck.txt java 4729 root 51r REG 8,17 0 817622 /var/solr/home/items/conf/healthcheck.txt ... (1 row for every request I make) The number of threads remains static regardless of how many times I request the file: http://localhost:8983/solr/items/admin/threads <lst name="threadCount"> <int name="current">18</int> <int name="peak">19</int> <int name="daemon">15</int> </lst> Same goes for number of sockets: # netstat -an | wc -l 120 -- View this message in context: http://n3.nabble.com/Healthcheck-Too-many-open-files-tp710631p712439.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.