# ElasticSearch data directory on Windows 7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 24, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-on-windows-7/22843 "2015-03-24T05:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ravi\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e56c9b/32.png) [@Ravi\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-on-windows-7/22843/1 "2015-03-24T05:34:05Z")
Hi , I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported 2million+ records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records using fiddler and it works as expected. I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but the size is only 77 kb. C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the data? Regards, Ravi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-on-windows-7/22843/2 "2015-03-24T06:28:22Z")
Take a look at > **[Directory layout | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-dir-layout.html#_zip_and_tar_gz)** On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [guptaravi2k@gmail.com](mailto:guptaravi2k@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi , > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported 2million+ > records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records using > fiddler and it works as expected. > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but the > size is only 77 kb. > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the data? > > Regards, > Ravi > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X\_GsyAuw\_qQDwHZUY2PevFesfLymY0yPmZ5tQyaenxHzw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X_GsyAuw_qQDwHZUY2PevFesfLymY0yPmZ5tQyaenxHzw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Ravi\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e56c9b/32.png) [@Ravi\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-on-windows-7/22843/3 "2015-03-24T06:38:41Z")
@Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path will be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am puzzled why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that looks encoded (it appears my application data) C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless I am looking at wrong directory. On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > Take a look at > [Directory layout | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-dir-layout.html#_zip_and_tar_gz) > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta \<[gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > Hi , > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported 2million+ > > records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records using > > fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but the > > size is only 77 kb. > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the data? > > > > Regards, > > Ravi > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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Actually as Windows users don't have an installer they need to use the zip, so the path in the link are valid. On 24 March 2015 at 17:38, Ravi Gupta [guptaravi2k@gmail.com](mailto:guptaravi2k@gmail.com) wrote: > @Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path will > be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd > > I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am puzzled > why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. > > There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that looks > encoded (it appears my application data) > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state > > My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless I am > looking at wrong directory. > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > Take a look at [Elasticsearch Guide | Elastic](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/) > > current/setup-dir-layout.html#\_zip\_and\_tar\_gz > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported 2million+ > > > records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records using > > > fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but the > > > size is only 77 kb. > > > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the data? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ravi > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80% > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X-zDPEGDaW2x6dKtVPUkagG%2BvhwpEmn8aKc\_KScasmuNg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X-zDPEGDaW2x6dKtVPUkagG%2BvhwpEmn8aKc_KScasmuNg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Ravi\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e56c9b/32.png) [@Ravi\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-on-windows-7/22843/5 "2015-03-24T21:37:11Z")
I understand the link are valid but it doesn't explain the directory size. How can 2.2GB data shrunk to 77KB? (this led me to believe that ES using some other location to put data.) On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 18:35:30 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > Actually as Windows users don't have an installer they need to use the > zip, so the path in the link are valid. > > On 24 March 2015 at 17:38, Ravi Gupta \<[gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > @Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path will > > be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd > > > > I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am puzzled > > why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. > > > > There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that looks > > encoded (it appears my application data) > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state > > > > My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless I am > > looking at wrong directory. > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > Take a look at [Elasticsearch Guide | Elastic](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/) > > > current/setup-dir-layout.html#\_zip\_and\_tar\_gz > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported 2million+ > > > > records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records using > > > > fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but the > > > > size is only 77 kb. > > > > > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the data? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Ravi > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80% > > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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How big is the C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes directory? On 25 March 2015 at 08:37, Ravi Gupta [guptaravi2k@gmail.com](mailto:guptaravi2k@gmail.com) wrote: > I understand the link are valid but it doesn't explain the directory size. > How can 2.2GB data shrunk to 77KB? (this led me to believe that ES using > some other location to put data.) > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 18:35:30 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > Actually as Windows users don't have an installer they need to use the > > zip, so the path in the link are valid. > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 17:38, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > @Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path > > > will be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd > > > > > > I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am > > > puzzled why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. > > > > > > There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that > > > looks encoded (it appears my application data) > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state > > > > > > My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless I > > > am looking at wrong directory. > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > Take a look at [Elasticsearch Guide | Elastic](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/) > > > > current/setup-dir-layout.html#\_zip\_and\_tar\_gz > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported 2million+ > > > > > records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records using > > > > > fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > > > > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but the > > > > > size is only 77 kb. > > > > > > > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > > > > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > > > > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the data? > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Ravi > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40goo > > > > > [glegroups.com](http://glegroups.com) > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439% > > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![Ravi\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e56c9b/32.png) [@Ravi\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-on-windows-7/22843/7 "2015-03-25T22:01:23Z")
size of C:\ravi\sw\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data\elasticsearch\nodes is 78.4 KB On Thursday, 26 March 2015 08:49:16 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > How big is the C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes directory? > > On 25 March 2015 at 08:37, Ravi Gupta \<[gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > I understand the link are valid but it doesn't explain the directory > > size. How can 2.2GB data shrunk to 77KB? (this led me to believe that ES > > using some other location to put data.) > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 18:35:30 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > Actually as Windows users don't have an installer they need to use the > > > zip, so the path in the link are valid. > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 17:38, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > @Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path > > > > will be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: > > > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd > > > > > > > > I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am > > > > puzzled why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. > > > > > > > > There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that > > > > looks encoded (it appears my application data) > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state > > > > > > > > My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless I > > > > am looking at wrong directory. > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > > > Take a look at [Elasticsearch Guide | Elastic](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/) > > > > > current/setup-dir-layout.html#\_zip\_and\_tar\_gz > > > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported > > > > > > 2million+ records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records > > > > > > using fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > > > > > > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but > > > > > > the size is only 77 kb. > > > > > > > > > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > > > > > > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the > > > > > > data? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Ravi > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40goo > > > > > > [glegroups.com](http://glegroups.com) > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439% > > > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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Did you change data.path in your config perchance? On 26 March 2015 at 09:01, Ravi Gupta [guptaravi2k@gmail.com](mailto:guptaravi2k@gmail.com) wrote: > size > of C:\ravi\sw\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data\elasticsearch\nodes > is 78.4 KB > > On Thursday, 26 March 2015 08:49:16 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > How big is the C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes directory? > > > > On 25 March 2015 at 08:37, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > I understand the link are valid but it doesn't explain the directory > > > size. How can 2.2GB data shrunk to 77KB? (this led me to believe that ES > > > using some other location to put data.) > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 18:35:30 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > Actually as Windows users don't have an installer they need to use the > > > > zip, so the path in the link are valid. > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 17:38, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > @Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path > > > > > will be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: > > > > > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd > > > > > > > > > > I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am > > > > > puzzled why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. > > > > > > > > > > There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that > > > > > looks encoded (it appears my application data) > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state > > > > > > > > > > My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless I > > > > > am looking at wrong directory. > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Take a look at [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en) > > > > > > /elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-dir-layout.html#_zip_ > > > > > > and\_tar\_gz > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported > > > > > > > 2million+ records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records > > > > > > > using fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but > > > > > > > the size is only 77 kb. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the > > > > > > > data? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > Ravi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > > send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb1](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb1) > > > > > > > 6-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%[40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40goo > > > > > > [glegroups.com](http://glegroups.com) > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35% > > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![Ravi\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e56c9b/32.png) [@Ravi\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ravi_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-on-windows-7/22843/9 "2015-03-25T22:29:26Z")
No. I have not changed anything. Just extracted the zip contents and launched .bat file from bin folder. I can see in config/elasticsearch.yml everything is commented by default. On Thursday, 26 March 2015 09:26:14 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > Did you change data.path in your config perchance? > > On 26 March 2015 at 09:01, Ravi Gupta \<[gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > size > > of C:\ravi\sw\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data\elasticsearch\nodes > > is 78.4 KB > > > > On Thursday, 26 March 2015 08:49:16 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > How big is the C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes directory? > > > > > > On 25 March 2015 at 08:37, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > I understand the link are valid but it doesn't explain the directory > > > > size. How can 2.2GB data shrunk to 77KB? (this led me to believe that ES > > > > using some other location to put data.) > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 18:35:30 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > > > Actually as Windows users don't have an installer they need to use the > > > > > zip, so the path in the link are valid. > > > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 17:38, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > @Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path > > > > > > will be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: > > > > > > > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd > > > > > > > > > > > > I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am > > > > > > puzzled why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that > > > > > > looks encoded (it appears my application data) > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state > > > > > > > > > > > > My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless > > > > > > I am looking at wrong directory. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Take a look at [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en) > > > > > > > /elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-dir-layout.html#_zip_ > > > > > > > and\_tar\_gz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported > > > > > > > > 2million+ records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records > > > > > > > > using fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but > > > > > > > > the size is only 77 kb. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the > > > > > > > > data? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Ravi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > > > send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb1](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb1) > > > > > > > > 6-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%[40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > > send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40goo > > > > > > > [glegroups.com](http://glegroups.com) > > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35% > > > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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That's pretty weird then, not sure I can help much more sorry. The data has to be there somewhere! On 26 March 2015 at 09:29, Ravi Gupta [guptaravi2k@gmail.com](mailto:guptaravi2k@gmail.com) wrote: > No. I have not changed anything. Just extracted the zip contents and > launched .bat file from bin folder. I can see in config/elasticsearch.yml > everything is commented by default. > > On Thursday, 26 March 2015 09:26:14 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > Did you change data.path in your config perchance? > > > > On 26 March 2015 at 09:01, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > size of C:\ravi\sw\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data\elasticsearch\nodes > > > is 78.4 KB > > > > > > On Thursday, 26 March 2015 08:49:16 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > How big is the C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes directory? > > > > > > > > On 25 March 2015 at 08:37, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > I understand the link are valid but it doesn't explain the directory > > > > > size. How can 2.2GB data shrunk to 77KB? (this led me to believe that ES > > > > > using some other location to put data.) > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 18:35:30 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Actually as Windows users don't have an installer they need to use > > > > > > the zip, so the path in the link are valid. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 17:38, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > @Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path > > > > > > > will be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am > > > > > > > puzzled why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that > > > > > > > looks encoded (it appears my application data) > > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless > > > > > > > I am looking at wrong directory. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Take a look at [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en) > > > > > > > > /elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-dir-layout.html#_zip_ > > > > > > > > and\_tar\_gz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported > > > > > > > > > 2million+ records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records > > > > > > > > > using fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but > > > > > > > > > the size is only 77 kb. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the > > > > > > > > > data? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > Ravi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > > > > send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > To view this 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You should may be change log level to DEBUG so you can see what is the actual data path? David > Le 26 mars 2015 à 07:17, Mark Walkom [markwalkom@gmail.com](mailto:markwalkom@gmail.com) a écrit : > > That's pretty weird then, not sure I can help much more sorry. The data has to be there somewhere! > > > On 26 March 2015 at 09:29, Ravi Gupta [guptaravi2k@gmail.com](mailto:guptaravi2k@gmail.com) wrote: > > No. I have not changed anything. Just extracted the zip contents and launched .bat file from bin folder. I can see in config/elasticsearch.yml everything is commented by default. > > > > > On Thursday, 26 March 2015 09:26:14 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > Did you change data.path in your config perchance? > > > > > > > On 26 March 2015 at 09:01, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > size of C:\ravi\sw\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data\elasticsearch\nodes is 78.4 KB > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, 26 March 2015 08:49:16 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > How big is the C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes directory? > > > > > > > > > > > On 25 March 2015 at 08:37, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > I understand the link are valid but it doesn't explain the directory size. How can 2.2GB data shrunk to 77KB? (this led me to believe that ES using some other location to put data.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 18:35:30 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > Actually as Windows users don't have an installer they need to use the zip, so the path in the link are valid. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 17:38, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > @Mark the link you posted is for linux paths. I assumed windows path will be on similar lines and expected index data to be on below path: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I see the path looks like it contains all the index data but I am puzzled why the size of data directory is only 77 KB. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a file of size 2 KB and it seems to contain some data that looks encoded (it appears my application data) > > > > > > > > C:\\data\elasticsearch\nodes\0\indices\idd\_state > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My question is how can 2.2GB size data is compressed into 2KB unless I am looking at wrong directory. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 17:28:52 UTC+11, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > > > > > > > Take a look at [Directory layout | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-dir-layout.html#_zip_and_tar_gz) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 March 2015 at 16:34, Ravi Gupta [gupta...@gmail.com](mailto:gupta...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed ES on windows 7 and imported 2million+ records into it. (from a csv of size 2.2GB). I can search records using fiddler and it works as expected. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was hoping to see size of below directory to increase few GB but the size is only 77 kb. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > C:\temp\elasticsearch-1.4.4\elasticsearch-1.4.4\data > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This means ES stores data in some other directory on disk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you please tell me the directory location where ES stores the data? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Ravi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ba4ca28a-fb16-48a2-a636-1702ae89ce80%40googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/62cc4c9e-2846-4c73-bb75-f683419b0439%40googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ef3acf56-d725-468c-89d5-5f07d2c38f35%40googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/43cb1722-1dce-4388-aea2-ba8f7d41fe53%40googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/49a54708-590d-4c3e-8f8e-09bfe24a9b3d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/49a54708-590d-4c3e-8f8e-09bfe24a9b3d%40googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X-9zmcn4rOO6G90TQuYD7XssMT%2BARGEedMCR7q-c-H%2BQQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X-9zmcn4rOO6G90TQuYD7XssMT%2BARGEedMCR7q-c-H%2BQQ%40mail.gmail.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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