Is it recommended to increase Xms and Xmx values assigned to Elasticsearch pods using ES_JAVA_OPTS

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Issue

  • Is it recommended to increase Xms and Xmx values assigned to Elasticsearch pods using ES_JAVA_OPTS?
  • How to increase the heap size in Elasticsearch pods?

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
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  • Red Hat Openshift Logging Operator

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