# Elasticsearch index read only

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-read-only/217304>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 31, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-read-only/217304 "2020-01-31T06:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![rj23495](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@rj23495](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rj23495)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-read-only/217304/1 "2020-01-31T06:42:50Z")

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I have 1.7tb of disk space available for my indices but when the indices occupy around 1.2tb, indices state is changed to read only. This is a managed elasticsearch service. Need to understand the reason because normally, watermark is 95% of the disk space.

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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:** [February 28, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-read-only/217304/2 "2020-02-28T06:43:26Z")

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