# Difference between Curator ForceMerge and ES ForceMerge

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-curator-forcemerge-and-es-forcemerge/86050>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-curator-forcemerge-and-es-forcemerge/86050 "2017-05-17T06:40:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-curator-forcemerge-and-es-forcemerge/86050/1 "2017-05-17T06:40:57Z")

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Dear all,

What is the difference between Curator ForceMerge and ES ForceMerge by Rest API?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-curator-forcemerge-and-es-forcemerge/86050/2 "2017-05-17T07:19:50Z")

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I believe that Curator forcemerge calls elasticsearch forcemerge API.

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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-curator-forcemerge-and-es-forcemerge/86050/3 "2017-05-17T08:25:19Z")

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Ok, thank you, David

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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 14, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-curator-forcemerge-and-es-forcemerge/86050/4 "2017-06-14T08:25:33Z")

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