# Elasticsearch and inodes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-inodes/200160>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-inodes/200160 "2019-09-19T09:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![granier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@granier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/granier)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-inodes/200160/1 "2019-09-19T09:00:00Z")

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Hi,

In configuration system [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/file-descriptors.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/file-descriptors.html) there is a point about the number of files that can be opened by Elasticsearch.

But there is no item about inodes number, is there a requirement, advice about this number ?

Sincerly,  
B. Granier  
Elastic Certified

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**Author:** ![ariemenschneider](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ariemenschneider/32/33564_2.png) [@ariemenschneider](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ariemenschneider)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-inodes/200160/2 "2019-09-19T12:40:58Z")

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Hi,

I've never encountered any advice about the number of inodes in the documentation, but with modern filesystems I don't think that You'll have to worry about them. Example from one of our warm nodes (RHEL7 with XFS filesystem):

```auto
[root@xxxdb07 ~]# df -i /var/lib/elasticsearch/
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol_esdata 2013265920 9580 2013256340 1% /var/lib/elasticsearch
[root@xxxdb07 ~]# df -h /var/lib/elasticsearch/
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol_esdata 3.8T 2.4T 1.4T 64% /var/lib/elasticsearch

```

Regards,

Alex

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**Author:** ![granier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@granier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/granier)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-inodes/200160/3 "2019-09-19T12:55:40Z")

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Hi Alex,

Thanks for your answer and i let the devalue.

B.G.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-inodes/200160/4 "2019-10-17T12:55:43Z")

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