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[[vm-max-map-count]]
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[[vm-max-map-count]]
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=== Virtual memory
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=== Virtual memory
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-Elasticsearch uses a <<default_fs,`hybrid mmapfs / niofs`>> directory by
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-default to store its indices. The default operating system limits on mmap
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+Elasticsearch uses a <<default_fs,`mmapfs`>> directory by
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+default for 64bit systems to store its indices. The default operating system limits on mmap
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counts is likely to be too low, which may result in out of memory exceptions.
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counts is likely to be too low, which may result in out of memory exceptions.
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On Linux, you can increase the limits by running the following command as
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On Linux, you can increase the limits by running the following command as
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