# Does autoscaling in elastic cloud deployments only work on the data size and not the memory?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-autoscaling-in-elastic-cloud-deployments-only-work-on-the-data-size-and-not-the-memory/354691>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 5, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-autoscaling-in-elastic-cloud-deployments-only-work-on-the-data-size-and-not-the-memory/354691 "2024-03-05T05:10:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![surya\_dadi\_dhamarake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/surya_dadi_dhamarake/32/133245_2.png) [@surya\_dadi\_dhamarake](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surya_dadi_dhamarake)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-autoscaling-in-elastic-cloud-deployments-only-work-on-the-data-size-and-not-the-memory/354691/1 "2024-03-05T05:10:39Z")

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Hi Team,

I just want to know what are the rules we have on the auto scaling in elastic cloud deployments. We have enabled auto scaling but it is not scaling the instances even if the memory is in critical state. Can anyone please confirm?

Thanks,  
Surya

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-autoscaling-in-elastic-cloud-deployments-only-work-on-the-data-size-and-not-the-memory/354691/2 "2024-03-05T05:54:18Z")

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> **[Deployment autoscaling | Elasticsearch Service Documentation | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-autoscaling.html#ec-autoscaling-factors)**

Yes based on shard allocation and storage not memory or CPU

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**Author:** ![surya\_dadi\_dhamarake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/surya_dadi_dhamarake/32/133245_2.png) [@surya\_dadi\_dhamarake](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surya_dadi_dhamarake)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-autoscaling-in-elastic-cloud-deployments-only-work-on-the-data-size-and-not-the-memory/354691/3 "2024-03-05T08:27:27Z")

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Thanks for the confirmation.

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-autoscaling-in-elastic-cloud-deployments-only-work-on-the-data-size-and-not-the-memory/354691/4 "2024-04-02T08:27:39Z")

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Closed on April 2, 2024, 8:27am UTC

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