# Logstash/Elasticsearch 5.x Errors **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 16, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elasticsearch-5-x-errors/71781 "2017-01-16T21:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elasticsearch-5-x-errors/71781/2 "2017-01-16T21:43:25Z")
Two things. 1 - you have too many shards, way too many. Reduce that and you should find that your problem reduces. 2 - have a read of [Any idea what these errors mean version 2.4.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-idea-what-these-errors-mean-version-2-4-2/70690/4) --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elasticsearch-5-x-errors/71781)._