File descriptors limit doesn't apply to Windows
On Windows the JDK uses `CreateFileW` which has a stupidly high limit for the number of `Handle`s it can make - `16 * 1024 * 1024`. So this isn't really a problem on Windows at all. Closes #20732
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=== File Descriptors
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[NOTE]
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This is only a problem for Linux and macOS and can be safely ignored if running
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Elasticsearch on Windows.
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Elasticsearch uses a lot of file descriptors or file handles. Running out of
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file descriptors can be disastrous and will most probably lead to data loss.
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Make sure to increase the limit on the number of open files descriptors for
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