# Elastic cpu and memory spikes suddenly

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cpu-and-memory-spikes-suddenly/133164
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 24, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cpu-and-memory-spikes-suddenly/133164 "2018-05-24T13:58:07Z")
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### Author: ![elasticapp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c67d28/32.png) [@elasticapp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticapp)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cpu-and-memory-spikes-suddenly/133164/1 "2018-05-24T13:58:07Z")

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Hi,  
My app uses elastic search for retrieving some results.

For some reason, it sometimes, for unknown reason spikes 100% and even more.

 ![43](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/d/fd018b37bff068f0799d479afdba228f67e27e96.png)

here are the stats, can anyone tell what wrong with my indices?  
{  
"\_shards": {  
"total": 204,  
"successful": 102,  
"failed": 0  
},  
"\_all": {  
"primaries": {  
"docs": {  
"count": 10663228,  
"deleted": 2564794  
},  
"store": {  
"size\_in\_bytes": 6307380181,  
"throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"indexing": {  
"index\_total": 18035716,  
"index\_time\_in\_millis": 132495464,  
"index\_current": 0,  
"index\_failed": 67,  
"delete\_total": 32210,  
"delete\_time\_in\_millis": 1104817,  
"delete\_current": 0,  
"noop\_update\_total": 0,  
"is\_throttled": false,  
"throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"get": {  
"total": 3432884,  
"time\_in\_millis": 430903,  
"exists\_total": 3432882,  
"exists\_time\_in\_millis": 430846,  
"missing\_total": 2,  
"missing\_time\_in\_millis": 57,  
"current": 0  
},  
"search": {  
"open\_contexts": 0,  
"query\_total": 6455431,  
"query\_time\_in\_millis": 399252281,  
"query\_current": 0,  
"fetch\_total": 6378929,  
"fetch\_time\_in\_millis": 51834144,  
"fetch\_current": 0,  
"scroll\_total": 1601,  
"scroll\_time\_in\_millis": 902403558,  
"scroll\_current": 0,  
"suggest\_total": 0,  
"suggest\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"suggest\_current": 0  
},  
"merges": {  
"current": 0,  
"current\_docs": 0,  
"current\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"total": 266548,  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 62462056,  
"total\_docs": 811398142,  
"total\_size\_in\_bytes": 400955781342,  
"total\_stopped\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"total\_throttled\_time\_in\_millis": 901909,  
"total\_auto\_throttle\_in\_bytes": 2059619784  
},  
"refresh": {  
"total": 2803767,  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 184025509,  
"listeners": 0  
},  
"flush": {  
"total": 52761,  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 2431516  
},  
"warmer": {  
"current": 0,  
"total": 2882050,  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 1653147  
},  
"query\_cache": {  
"memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 3767560,  
"total\_count": 24478391,  
"hit\_count": 4845044,  
"miss\_count": 19633347,  
"cache\_size": 88,  
"cache\_count": 10663,  
"evictions": 10575  
},  
"fielddata": {  
"memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 147001252,  
"evictions": 0  
},  
"completion": {  
"size\_in\_bytes": 0  
},  
"segments": {  
"count": 194,  
"memory\_in\_bytes": 18782473,  
"terms\_memory\_in\_bytes": 16608435,  
"stored\_fields\_memory\_in\_bytes": 1318880,  
"term\_vectors\_memory\_in\_bytes": 8944,  
"norms\_memory\_in\_bytes": 164032,  
"points\_memory\_in\_bytes": 192438,  
"doc\_values\_memory\_in\_bytes": 489744,  
"index\_writer\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"version\_map\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"fixed\_bit\_set\_memory\_in\_bytes": 1587640,  
"max\_unsafe\_auto\_id\_timestamp": -1,  
"file\_sizes": {}  
},  
"translog": {  
"operations": 660,  
"size\_in\_bytes": 30795363  
},  
"request\_cache": {  
"memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"evictions": 0,  
"hit\_count": 0,  
"miss\_count": 1  
},  
"recovery": {  
"current\_as\_source": 0,  
"current\_as\_target": 0,  
"throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 45505  
}  
},  
"total": {  
"docs": {  
"count": 10663228,  
"deleted": 2564794  
},  
"store": {  
"size\_in\_bytes": 6307380181,  
"throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"indexing": {  
"index\_total": 18035716,  
"index\_time\_in\_millis": 132495464,  
"index\_current": 0,  
"index\_failed": 67,  
"delete\_total": 32210,  
"delete\_time\_in\_millis": 1104817,  
"delete\_current": 0,  
"noop\_update\_total": 0,  
"is\_throttled": false,  
"throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"get": {  
"total": 3432884,  
"time\_in\_millis": 430903,  
"exists\_total": 3432882,  
"exists\_time\_in\_millis": 430846,  
"missing\_total": 2,  
"missing\_time\_in\_millis": 57,  
"current": 0  
},  
"search": {  
"open\_contexts": 0,  
"query\_total": 6455431,  
"query\_time\_in\_millis": 399252281,  
"query\_current": 0,  
"fetch\_total": 6378929,  
"fetch\_time\_in\_millis": 51834144,  
"fetch\_current": 0,  
"scroll\_total": 1601,  
"scroll\_time\_in\_millis": 902403558,  
"scroll\_current": 0,  
"suggest\_total": 0,  
"suggest\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"suggest\_current": 0  
},  
"merges": {  
"current": 0,  
"current\_docs": 0,  
"current\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"total": 266548,  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 62462056,  
"total\_docs": 811398142,  
"total\_size\_in\_bytes": 400955781342,  
"total\_stopped\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"total\_throttled\_time\_in\_millis": 901909,  
"total\_auto\_throttle\_in\_bytes": 2059619784  
},

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: [June 21, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cpu-and-memory-spikes-suddenly/133164/2 "2018-06-21T13:58:16Z")

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