# Elasticsearch storage problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 5, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850 "2021-07-05T14:57:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![bab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bab/32/86201_2.png) [@bab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bab)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850/1 "2021-07-05T14:57:58Z")

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Hi guys,

I am facing this problem from time to time, would like to know where does this come from and how can I get rid of this completely. the problem stays a few minutes u d after that goes away and can access my ES indexe again via Kibana.

thank you in advance-

`{"statusCode":500,"error":"Internal Server Error","message":"[parent] Data too large, data for [<http_request>] would be [1040325170/992.1mb], which is larger than the limit of [1011774259/964.9mb], real usage: [1040324656/992.1mb], new bytes reserved: [514/514b], usages [request=0/0b, fielddata=2313157/2.2mb, in_flight_requests=514/514b, accounting=48315600/46mb]: [circuit_breaking_exception] [parent] Data too large, data for [<http_request>] would be [1040325170/992.1mb], which is larger than the limit of [1011774259/964.9mb], real usage: [1040324656/992.1mb], new bytes reserved: [514/514b], usages [request=0/0b, fielddata=2313157/2.2mb, in_flight_requests=514/514b, accounting=48315600/46mb], with { bytes_wanted=1040325170 & bytes_limit=1011774259 & durability=\"PERMANENT\" }"}`

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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:** [July 5, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850/2 "2021-07-05T15:10:50Z")

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It looks like you have a too small heap for your use case. I would recommend increasing it.

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**Author:** ![bab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bab/32/86201_2.png) [@bab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bab)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850/3 "2021-07-14T09:05:56Z")

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hi @Christian_Dahlqvist , thank you. how i can do that any doc. ?

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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:** [July 15, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850/4 "2021-07-15T06:32:00Z")

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Which version of Elasticsearch are you using? How did you install it?

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**Author:** ![bab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bab/32/86201_2.png) [@bab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bab)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850/5 "2021-07-19T05:24:23Z")

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Elasticsearch 7.7

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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:** [July 19, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850/6 "2021-07-19T05:27:27Z")

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Then have a look at [this section in the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.7/heap-size.html).

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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:** [August 16, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-storage-problem/277850/7 "2021-08-16T05:28:17Z")

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