# Data pushed by APM agent in a Day

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-pushed-by-apm-agent-in-a-day/259413>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** java\
**Created:** [December 22, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-pushed-by-apm-agent-in-a-day/259413 "2020-12-22T18:00:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![joychatterjee05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@joychatterjee05](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joychatterjee05)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-pushed-by-apm-agent-in-a-day/259413/1 "2020-12-22T18:00:59Z")

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Hello Friends ,

I am trying to figure out how much data does an APM agents posts in day , Essentially I am trying to ensure we have sufficient capacity .

Is there a way I can determine this.

Regards  
Joy

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**Author:** ![axw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/axw/32/28197_2.png) [@axw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/axw)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-pushed-by-apm-agent-in-a-day/259413/2 "2020-12-23T01:39:54Z")

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The answer to this depends heavily on:

- the number of services you have instrumented
- the observed transaction rate
- your APM configuration (namely the sampling rate)

So, the best way to answer your question is to measure. Assuming you already have the server and instrumentation set up, capture a typical day's worth of data and check the index/shard sizes.

Apart from that, take a look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/server/current/sizing-guide.html#typical-storage](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/server/current/sizing-guide.html#typical-storage). This will give you a rough idea of how much storage is required by typical APM data.

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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 12, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-pushed-by-apm-agent-in-a-day/259413/3 "2021-01-12T21:40:02Z")

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