# Best\_compression feature of ElasticSearch

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-compression-feature-of-elasticsearch/43856
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-compression-feature-of-elasticsearch/43856 "2016-03-09T05:45:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-compression-feature-of-elasticsearch/43856/1 "2016-03-09T05:45:10Z")

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I am using elasticsearch version 1.7. Will the best\_compression feature work? In which version was this feature introduced?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-compression-feature-of-elasticsearch/43856/2 "2016-03-09T05:59:46Z")

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It was introduced in [Elasticsearch 2.0](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/sense/current/release_notes.html).

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### Author: ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-compression-feature-of-elasticsearch/43856/3 "2016-03-10T06:05:07Z")

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That was infact the best way to reduce disk storage for elasticsearch. If I am using verson 1.7, what's the next best alternative to reduce disk space?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-compression-feature-of-elasticsearch/43856/4 "2016-03-10T06:28:55Z")

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The size data takes up on disk [depends a lot on your mappings](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-storage-the-true-story). Depending on what type of data and mappings you have it may be worthwhile revisiting this even though it is not a quick fix.

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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: [July 5, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-compression-feature-of-elasticsearch/43856/5 "2017-07-05T23:09:42Z")

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