# Elasticsearch opening way too many (200K) Pipes, FDs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-opening-way-too-many-200k-pipes-fds/105817>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 30, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-opening-way-too-many-200k-pipes-fds/105817 "2017-10-30T22:51:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-opening-way-too-many-200k-pipes-fds/105817/4 "2017-10-31T18:23:52Z")

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What gives:

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GET _cat/shards?v
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