# Filebeat is filling up Filesystem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-filling-up-filesystem/233629>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-filling-up-filesystem/233629 "2020-05-20T23:25:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![snakhuda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@snakhuda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/snakhuda)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-filling-up-filesystem/233629/1 "2020-05-20T23:25:47Z")

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We are monitoring a log file which is approx. 300mb in size. Log file is on /data FileSystem of 68GB. Once I start filebeat service, it fills up /data FS. Any ideas what could be the cause of this issue?

[root@IST0002194 data]# df -ah /data  
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on  
/dev/mapper/vg\_os-lv\_data 68G 7.5G 61G 12% /data  
[root@IST0002194 data]# du -sh \*  
334M log  
[root@IST0002194 data]# df -ah /data  
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on  
/dev/mapper/vg\_os-lv\_data 68G 8.2G 60G 13% /data

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-filling-up-filesystem/233629/2 "2020-05-20T23:26:34Z")

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Welcome! 😃

What is in the Filebeat log?

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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:** [June 17, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-filling-up-filesystem/233629/3 "2020-06-17T23:26:44Z")

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