Limit on the number of files it can handle about ea-utils HOT 1 CLOSED

This is an issue with your operating environment.  On a linux machine, you need 
to change the "ulimit"

On Ubuntu:

1. Type  ulimit -a
2. See where it says "open files" ... that's your limit
3. Ask your system admin to change the ulimit to 10,000, or, if you are an 
admin, here's how I would do it:

sudo vi  /etc/security/limits.conf

Add these lines:

soft nofile 2000 *
hard nofile 100000 *

That will change the soft limit to 2000, and the hard limit to 100K.   Then 
your users can type:

ulimit -S -n 10000

And get a new ulimit... just for that session.