# Elastic Problem

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-problem/126777
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 4, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-problem/126777 "2018-04-04T15:30:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Xareni\_Bonilla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xareni_bonilla/32/16700_2.png) [@Xareni\_Bonilla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Xareni_Bonilla)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-problem/126777/1 "2018-04-04T15:30:22Z")

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Hello:

My elasticsearch dies when making a very large data request, what can I do?

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-problem/126777/2 "2018-04-04T15:52:24Z")

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How large is the cluster? How much heap have you got assigned to Elasticsearch? How much data do you have? How many indices and shards? What type of queries are causing problems?

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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: [May 2, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-problem/126777/3 "2018-05-02T15:52:43Z")

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