# The number of my es's file descriptor keep growing,I need help **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 26, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-number-of-my-ess-file-descriptor-keep-growing-i-need-help/354080 "2024-02-26T05:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SKYWALKER-STAR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skywalker-star/32/132064_2.png) [@SKYWALKER-STAR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SKYWALKER-STAR)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-number-of-my-ess-file-descriptor-keep-growing-i-need-help/354080/1 "2024-02-26T05:07:41Z")
The number of my es's file descriptor keep growing.How can i reduce the my file descriptor number used by my es cluster. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-number-of-my-ess-file-descriptor-keep-growing-i-need-help/354080/2 "2024-02-26T05:55:50Z")
Why do you think this is a problem? [It is quite normal for Elasticsearch to use a lot of file descriptors](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.12/file-descriptors.html) as data is stored in a large number of small segment files. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-number-of-my-ess-file-descriptor-keep-growing-i-need-help/354080/3 "2024-03-25T05:56:24Z")
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