# Total number of file descriptors in system

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-number-of-file-descriptors-in-system/275199>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [June 7, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-number-of-file-descriptors-in-system/275199 "2021-06-07T20:27:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![crash0er](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@crash0er](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/crash0er)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-number-of-file-descriptors-in-system/275199/1 "2021-06-07T20:27:35Z")

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Hello,

How can I get total number of file descriptors in elastic metricbeat?  
I referred to this commit but this is only per process.

Reference: [System fields | Metricbeat Reference [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/exported-fields-system.html#_fd)

Is there a system.fd.open?

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:** [July 5, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-number-of-file-descriptors-in-system/275199/2 "2021-07-05T22:28:02Z")

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