# Elasticsearch 5.0 multi-fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-multi-fields/87359>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 28, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-multi-fields/87359 "2017-05-28T08:56:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![svarup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@svarup](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/svarup)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-multi-fields/87359/1 "2017-05-28T08:56:39Z")

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is Elasticsearch consume double storage space if we index document field in multi-fields mapping compares to the single field mapping?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-multi-fields/87359/2 "2017-05-28T09:19:23Z")

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Not exactly double but more for sure.

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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 25, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-multi-fields/87359/3 "2017-06-25T09:19:28Z")

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