# Data too large, data for \[\<http\_request\>\] would be \[4238960092/3.9gb\], which is larger than the limit of \[3006477107/2.7gb\], real usage: \[4238959160/3.9gb\], new bytes reserved: \[932/932b\], usages \[request=0/0b, inflight\_requests=932/932b, model\_inference=

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-too-large-data-for-http-request-would-be-4238960092-3-9gb-which-is-larger-than-the-limit-of-3006477107-2-7gb-real-usage-4238959160-3-9gb-new-bytes-reserved-932-932b-usages-request-0-0b-inflight-requests-932-932b-model-inference/382547
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 9, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-too-large-data-for-http-request-would-be-4238960092-3-9gb-which-is-larger-than-the-limit-of-3006477107-2-7gb-real-usage-4238959160-3-9gb-new-bytes-reserved-932-932b-usages-request-0-0b-inflight-requests-932-932b-model-inference/382547 "2025-10-09T12:19:14Z")
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### Author: ![Pallavi\_K\_V](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pallavi_k_v/32/145302_2.png) [@Pallavi\_K\_V](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pallavi_K_V)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-too-large-data-for-http-request-would-be-4238960092-3-9gb-which-is-larger-than-the-limit-of-3006477107-2-7gb-real-usage-4238959160-3-9gb-new-bytes-reserved-932-932b-usages-request-0-0b-inflight-requests-932-932b-model-inference/382547/1 "2025-10-09T12:19:14Z")

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Because of which Elastic search is going down aand restarting by itself

what could be the issue

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### Author: ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-too-large-data-for-http-request-would-be-4238960092-3-9gb-which-is-larger-than-the-limit-of-3006477107-2-7gb-real-usage-4238959160-3-9gb-new-bytes-reserved-932-932b-usages-request-0-0b-inflight-requests-932-932b-model-inference/382547/2 "2025-10-10T07:13:40Z")

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Hello @Pallavi_K_V

Welcome to the community!!

I believe below post/URL’s will be helpful in reviewing the issue :

> [@How many shards should I choose?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-shards-should-i-choose/378527):
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> Hi, there is a problem on our project and I am trying to understand why it is happening. One of the reasons that I take into account is how many shards we have installed at the index size, the index can weigh an average of 200GB, with the number of 1 shard. How can this affect performance? Error what we have: [parent] Data too large, data for [indices:data/write/bulk[s]] would be [27047392520/25.1gb], which is larger than the limit of [26521423052/24.6gb], real usage: [27047391936/25.1gb], ne…

> **[Size your shards | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/production-guidance/optimize-performance/size-shards#shard-size-recommendation)**
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> A shard is a basic unit of storage in Elasticsearch. Every index is divided into one or more shards to help distribute data and workload across nodes...

> **[Circuit breaker errors | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/troubleshoot/elasticsearch/circuit-breaker-errors)**
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> Elasticsearch uses circuit breakers to prevent nodes from running out of JVM heap memory. If Elasticsearch estimates an operation would exceed a circuit...

Thanks!!