# \[ASK\] is it true if the memory reach 80% then logs can't be displayed on kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-is-it-true-if-the-memory-reach-80-then-logs-cant-be-displayed-on-kibana/148752>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 17, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-is-it-true-if-the-memory-reach-80-then-logs-cant-be-displayed-on-kibana/148752 "2018-09-17T02:56:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![rdamri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rdamri/32/35586_2.png) [@rdamri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rdamri)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-is-it-true-if-the-memory-reach-80-then-logs-cant-be-displayed-on-kibana/148752/1 "2018-09-17T02:56:02Z")

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i'm so confused why my logs can't be displayed on kibana while the logs is reach 80% of my hardisk memory?  
I can see the logs is coming in logstash, but kibana didn't want to displayed the logs. I need to delete the logs to displayed the logs into kibana.  
is there a limit for storing the logs in kibana?

thank you

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-is-it-true-if-the-memory-reach-80-then-logs-cant-be-displayed-on-kibana/148752/2 "2018-09-17T03:45:00Z")

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Have a look at the various `watermark` settings here - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/disk-allocator.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/disk-allocator.html)

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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:** [October 15, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ask-is-it-true-if-the-memory-reach-80-then-logs-cant-be-displayed-on-kibana/148752/3 "2018-10-15T03:48:37Z")

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