# Intermediate logstash shut down stops indexing after the restart **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [May 11, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/intermediate-logstash-shut-down-stops-indexing-after-the-restart/49712 "2016-05-11T00:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![subbu.nv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@subbu.nv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subbu.nv)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/intermediate-logstash-shut-down-stops-indexing-after-the-restart/49712/1 "2016-05-11T00:03:03Z")
I was indexing 110GB of data to elastic search using logstash. after it ran for few hours, i realised , i need to add another conf file for a different indexing. so i decided to add the same and restart logsatsh. when i restarted, the indexing wouldnt start and it keeps saying the below in logs. "{:timestamp=\>"2016-05-10T17:01:14.124000-0700", :message=\>"Reached open files limit: 4095, set by the 'max\_open\_files' option or default, files yet to open: 83634", :level=\>:warn}". Please help if i miss something. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/intermediate-logstash-shut-down-stops-indexing-after-the-restart/49712/2 "2016-05-11T23:56:20Z")
Have a read of [http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-increase-the-maximum-number-of-open-files/](http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-increase-the-maximum-number-of-open-files/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/intermediate-logstash-shut-down-stops-indexing-after-the-restart/49712/3 "2017-07-06T04:58:00Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:58am UTC