# Does logstash has a size limit for events?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-has-a-size-limit-for-events/207728>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 13, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-has-a-size-limit-for-events/207728 "2019-11-13T15:12:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-has-a-size-limit-for-events/207728/1 "2019-11-13T15:12:03Z")

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Hi,

I have payloads (soap) in my logfiles which want to save within the events in elastic stack.  
These payloads can get big. I've seen about 25MB but I've heard about 100MB+.

Is logstash capable of inserting such big events to elasticsearch and can elasticsearch handle this?  
Do I need to tweak some parameters?

What is best practice for such use cases?

thanks a lot, Andreas

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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:** [December 11, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-has-a-size-limit-for-events/207728/2 "2019-12-11T15:12:08Z")

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