# ES memory vs disk storage **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 8, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-memory-vs-disk-storage/11883 "2013-05-08T17:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin\_Franks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Justin\_Franks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Franks)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-memory-vs-disk-storage/11883/1 "2013-05-08T17:52:43Z")
We can configure ES to store it's data in memory or on disk, right? -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![otisg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/otisg/32/492_2.png) [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-memory-vs-disk-storage/11883/2 "2013-05-08T21:55:35Z")
Yup, check out [http://search-lucene.com/?q=memory+index&fc\_project=ElasticSearch&fc\_type=web+site](http://search-lucene.com/?q=memory+index&fc_project=ElasticSearch&fc_type=web+site) =\> [Elastic — The Search AI Company | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/index-modules/store/) ## Otis Search Analytics - [Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services | Sematext](http://sematext.com/search-analytics/index.html) ELASTICSEARCH Performance Monitoring - [Sematext Monitoring | Infrastructure Monitoring Service](http://sematext.com/spm/index.html) On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 1:52:43 PM UTC-4, Justin Franks wrote: > We can configure ES to store it's data in memory or on disk, right? -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-memory-vs-disk-storage/11883/3 "2017-07-06T02:37:30Z")