# Best way to analyse storage of elastic search data nodes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-analyse-storage-of-elastic-search-data-nodes/161508>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-analyse-storage-of-elastic-search-data-nodes/161508 "2018-12-19T12:08:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![prabhakar\_talari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prabhakar_talari/32/46469_2.png) [@prabhakar\_talari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prabhakar_talari)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-analyse-storage-of-elastic-search-data-nodes/161508/1 "2018-12-19T12:08:21Z")

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Hi Team,

Now a days my ES storage is increasing rapidly even though we are deleting the indices older than 100 days. but still we are not clear why indices are consuming more storage.

Could any one suggest what are the best ways to analyse the storage and best methods to maintain ES

Thanks

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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:** [December 25, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-analyse-storage-of-elastic-search-data-nodes/161508/2 "2018-12-25T07:18:10Z")

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Are you ingesting more data? Does the indexed document count vary over time? Have you made any changes to your data or mappings?

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**Author:** ![prabhakar\_talari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prabhakar_talari/32/46469_2.png) [@prabhakar\_talari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prabhakar_talari)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-analyse-storage-of-elastic-search-data-nodes/161508/3 "2018-12-25T15:37:28Z")

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> [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](#):
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> Are you ingesting more data? Does the indexed document count vary over time?

Hi,

Are you ingesting more data?  
Yes  
Does the indexed document count vary over time?  
Yes

Thanks

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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:** [January 22, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-analyse-storage-of-elastic-search-data-nodes/161508/4 "2019-01-22T15:37:30Z")

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