# Elasticsearch status is in red

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-status-is-in-red/214933>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-status-is-in-red/214933 "2020-01-14T06:30:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gsumilhig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gsumilhig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsumilhig)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-status-is-in-red/214933/1 "2020-01-14T06:30:26Z")

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elasticsearch is in red status and found this log in master node.  
[2020-01-14T14:25:39,232][INFO][o.e.c.r.a.DiskThresholdMonitor] [elastic02] low disk watermark [85%] exceeded on [h\_w0x3riSpS1Dh-WQANUhQ][elastic02][/var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0] free: 9.2gb[10.8%], replicas will not be assigned to this node  
space in /var is 90%

Thanks,

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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:** [January 14, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-status-is-in-red/214933/2 "2020-01-14T06:31:59Z")

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I think the error message is quite clear: you are running out of disk space and can therefore not allocate new shards. You need to either add resources to the cluster or delete data to free up space.

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**Author:** ![gsumilhig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gsumilhig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsumilhig)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-status-is-in-red/214933/3 "2020-01-14T07:59:58Z")

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How can i delete old data?

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**Author:** ![gsumilhig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@gsumilhig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsumilhig)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-status-is-in-red/214933/4 "2020-01-15T02:58:04Z")

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Is it possible to delete data in /var/lib/elasticsearch/node/0/indices?

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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:** [January 15, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-status-is-in-red/214933/5 "2020-01-15T06:10:43Z")

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No, delete indices using [Delete index API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-delete-index.html). You should NEVER directly delete anything at the file system level directly.

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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 12, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-status-is-in-red/214933/6 "2020-02-12T06:10:55Z")

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