honeymoose
/
OpenSearch
mirror of https://github.com/honeymoose/OpenSearch.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Reword note about windows and FDs 

Make it clear why this isn't a thing in windows and remove value
judgement about file descriptors.

Relates to #20737
This commit is contained in:
Nik Everett 2016-10-10 08:47:25 -04:00
parent 3c2e51d831
commit c414faf2fb
1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

6
docs/reference/setup/sysconfig/file-descriptors.asciidoc
View File

@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
=== File Descriptors
[NOTE]
This is only a problem for Linux and macOS and can be safely ignored if running
Elasticsearch on Windows.
This is only relevant for Linux and macOS and can be safely ignored if running
Elasticsearch on Windows. On Windows that JVM uses an
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363858(v=vs.85).aspx[API]
limited only by available resources.
Elasticsearch uses a lot of file descriptors or file handles. Running out of
file descriptors can be disastrous and will most probably lead to data loss.