# Filebeat memory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-memory/162612>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 2, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-memory/162612 "2019-01-02T09:07:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![396175371](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/7ab992/32.png) [@396175371](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/396175371)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-memory/162612/1 "2019-01-02T09:07:21Z")

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Filebeat memory usage Is there a calculation formula?

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**Author:** ![Mario\_Castro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_castro/32/35107_2.png) [@Mario\_Castro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_Castro)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-memory/162612/2 "2019-01-02T11:04:23Z")

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Hi @396175371

I think we need a longer description of what you want. There's not calculation formula of the memory that Filebeat is gonna use but we aim to use as little as possible.

Thanks

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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 30, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-memory/162612/3 "2019-01-30T11:04:27Z")

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