# Circuit breaker memory usage

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/circuit-breaker-memory-usage/305350
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 22, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/circuit-breaker-memory-usage/305350 "2022-05-22T12:11:02Z")
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### Author: ![frank\_rib](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/frank_rib/32/104372_2.png) [@frank\_rib](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/frank_rib)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/circuit-breaker-memory-usage/305350/1 "2022-05-22T12:11:02Z")

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Hello Every body,

How the circuit breaker limit value are calculated? it depend on the node free ram usage ? or the defined RAM of the elk node?

Best regards

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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: [May 23, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/circuit-breaker-memory-usage/305350/2 "2022-05-23T07:30:55Z")

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[Circuit breaker settings | Elasticsearch Guide [8.2] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.2/circuit-breaker.html) goes into it, but it's based on the size of the JVM heap.

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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: [June 20, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/circuit-breaker-memory-usage/305350/3 "2022-06-20T07:31:40Z")

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