# File Descriptors count

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-descriptors-count/327043>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 6, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-descriptors-count/327043 "2023-03-06T08:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![avnere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@avnere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/avnere)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-descriptors-count/327043/1 "2023-03-06T08:15:17Z")

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Hi,

According to docs it is recommended to set File Descriptors to 65535 (ulimit -n).  
How it effect my node?  
What will be the behavior if I will set higher value? for instance: 500000

Thanks

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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:** [April 3, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-descriptors-count/327043/2 "2023-04-03T08:15:44Z")

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