# Restarting elasticsearch (via systemctl): Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details

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Restarting elasticsearch (via systemctl): Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

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## JVM configuration

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## IMPORTANT: JVM heap size

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## You should always set the min and max JVM heap

## size to the same value. For example, to set

## the heap to 4 GB, set:

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-Xms4g  
-Xmx4g

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## See [Important settings configuration | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/heap-size.html)

## for more information

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# Xms represents the initial size of total heap space

# Xmx represents the maximum size of total heap space

-Xms512m  
-Xmx512m

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## Expert settings

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## All settings below this section are considered

## expert settings. Don't tamper with them unless

## you understand what you are doing

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## GC configuration

8-13:-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC  
8-13:-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75  
8-13:-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly

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