using elastic 5.3.0 i was delete indices because "high disk watermark [90%]" warn. but disk space did not free up yet there is no "_optimze" method.. how to free up? please help

The biggest index is 118.1gb as you pasted. You should try to check in which dir exactly all the storage has gone IMO. Can you check what is the disk space used by elasticsearch data dir?

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dadoonet (David Pilato) September 13, 2017, 1:24pm 6

How much disk space you have in total?

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