[metrics-team] server-descriptor not readable (2018-02-08-11-05-00-server-descriptors has >30k descriptors)

[Katharina Haselhorst]

Hi Karsten,
> I just gave this a try and was able to parse the file in a bit under 20
> minutes. I set -Xmx6g, though it might also work with less heap space.

Thx for trying out!

> So, this is a known limitation of metrics-lib which cannot handle large
> descriptor files very well. We're tracking this bug here, just in case
> you want to follow along:

I see. Does this limitation only apply to large files or also to large 
archieves (with many smaller files)?

Regards, Kathi