# Elasticserch storage

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticserch-storage/162109>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 26, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticserch-storage/162109 "2018-12-26T07:56:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mancharagopan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mancharagopan/32/60266_2.png) [@mancharagopan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mancharagopan)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticserch-storage/162109/1 "2018-12-26T07:56:17Z")

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Hi,

I have Elasticsearch on a 100GB disk but in the monitoring it shows total disk capacity is 50GB. How do i increase the storage usage?

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**Author:** ![balumurari1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/balumurari1/32/39203_2.png) [@balumurari1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/balumurari1)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticserch-storage/162109/2 "2018-12-26T08:17:01Z")

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Hello,  
Use PUTTY, and login with the details,  
Use command,  
df -h

to know the memory details.  
If you want to increase the size, then increasing your disk space.

Hope this helps you.

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**Author:** ![mancharagopan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mancharagopan/32/60266_2.png) [@mancharagopan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mancharagopan)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticserch-storage/162109/3 "2018-12-27T02:13:18Z")

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I have 100GB disk but it is taking only 50GB.

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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:** [January 24, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticserch-storage/162109/4 "2019-01-24T02:13:26Z")

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