SocketException when accessing servlet

I am trying make multiple requests to a servlet from an app which creates a number of threads. The threads make multiple requests to the servlet. When I use a low number of threads, everything 'appears' to work fine. When the thread count increases, I start getting 'SocketException: Too many files open' errors and then the Weblogic server crashes. Does anyone know what might cause this type of error and what exactly this type of error is? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You might have already done this, but thought of suggesting
then the Weblogic server crashes
I would capture the exception and search the Weblogic
docs for the exception or for a string like "too many
threads".
I know this seems trivial and obvious, but then thought
I will start some conversation here.......
regds.

- satya

The initial problem with the server turned out to be an unrelated issue and is now operating fine.
I discovered that the requests to the servlet are being handled fine. The servlet is sending requests fine. I am pretty sure the problem is in my app. The exception occurs when I try to capture the responses in my app via connection.geInputStream() (where connection is an HttpURLConnection object internal to the run() method). I don't think I am leaving files open. Again, any help is much appreciated.

do you suspect any timeout issues?
sorry i keep guessing, but I am also trying to gain some
knowledge abt these probls.
regds.

- satya

I've discovered that the issue is system related. In Unix, an application process is allowed a finite number of file handles.
ulimit -n will display this number.
The default is 256 the max I believe is 1024. As the number of threads/requests was increasing, I began to exceed this number, hence the 'too many open files' errors. I suspect there is also a limit for the jre, and I am trying to track this down.