# Difference in disk.indices and disk.used

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-disk-indices-and-disk-used/142047>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 28, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-disk-indices-and-disk-used/142047 "2018-07-28T21:37:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![light94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@light94](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/light94)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-disk-indices-and-disk-used/142047/1 "2018-07-28T21:37:22Z")

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Hi,  
This post is a follow-up to [Difference between disk.indices vs disk.used in cat allocation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-disk-indices-vs-disk-used-in-cat-allocation/99134). I have a node where _disk.indices_ is _4 .1 gb_ but _disk.used_ is _50 gb_. As per the linked post, if ES is only using 4.1 gb, what is taking up the other space. Can i get rid of it?  
My instance was provisioned by Elastic and I am not sure if I can directly ssh there to find this out.

Thanks

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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:** [August 25, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-disk-indices-and-disk-used/142047/2 "2018-08-25T21:37:23Z")

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