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Reword note about windows and FDs

Make it clear why this isn't a thing in windows and remove value
judgement about file descriptors.

Relates to #20737
Nik Everett 9 years ago
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docs/reference/setup/sysconfig/file-descriptors.asciidoc

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 === File Descriptors
 === File Descriptors
 
 
 [NOTE]
 [NOTE]
-This is only a problem for Linux and macOS and can be safely ignored if running
-Elasticsearch on Windows.
+This is only relevant for Linux and macOS and can be safely ignored if running
+Elasticsearch on Windows. On Windows that JVM uses an
+https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363858(v=vs.85).aspx[API]
+limited only by available resources.
 
 
 Elasticsearch uses a lot of file descriptors or file handles.  Running out of
 Elasticsearch uses a lot of file descriptors or file handles.  Running out of
 file descriptors can be disastrous and will most probably lead to data loss.
 file descriptors can be disastrous and will most probably lead to data loss.