# How big the directory for es.path.logs and es.path.work has to be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 22, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-big-the-directory-for-es-path-logs-and-es-path-work-has-to-be/19924 "2014-09-22T23:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinyuan\_Zhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jinyuan_zhou/32/90185_2.png) [@Jinyuan\_Zhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jinyuan_Zhou)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-big-the-directory-for-es-path-logs-and-es-path-work-has-to-be/19924/1 "2014-09-22T23:47:34Z")
I understand es.path.data is place elasticsearch store data. I am just wondering if the log directory and work directory needs be somewhat big too when we store a more and more data in ES. Is there any known cases that the storage size of these directory, especially work directory, caused any problem. Thanks, Jack -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [September 22, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-big-the-directory-for-es-path-logs-and-es-path-work-has-to-be/19924/2 "2014-09-22T23:52:46Z")
The work directory is deprecated as far I know, so you shouldn't need to worry about it. Logging will depend on what you do and how you manage retention, eg I just checked one of our nodes and it has 400MB of logs for this month so far. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 23 September 2014 09:47, Jinyuan Zhou [zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com](mailto:zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com) wrote: > I understand es.path.data is place elasticsearch store data. I am just > wondering if the log directory and work directory needs be somewhat big > too when we store a more and more data in ES. Is there any known cases > that the storage size of these directory, especially work directory, caused > any problem. > Thanks, > Jack > > -- > 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). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YfHpJiRZLhcLrtOd4SWg9g-E9o-kVP\_HfLRWjxxx8M0w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YfHpJiRZLhcLrtOd4SWg9g-E9o-kVP_HfLRWjxxx8M0w%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Jinyuan\_Zhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jinyuan_zhou/32/90185_2.png) [@Jinyuan\_Zhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jinyuan_Zhou)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-big-the-directory-for-es-path-logs-and-es-path-work-has-to-be/19924/3 "2014-09-22T23:59:10Z")
Thanks, It's good to know that work directory is deprecated which is I thought more likely to have issue if not enough space left. Jinyuan (Jack) Zhou On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) wrote: > The work directory is deprecated as far I know, so you shouldn't need to > worry about it. > Logging will depend on what you do and how you manage retention, eg I just > checked one of our nodes and it has 400MB of logs for this month so far. > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 23 September 2014 09:47, Jinyuan Zhou [zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com](mailto:zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I understand es.path.data is place elasticsearch store data. I am just > > wondering if the log directory and work directory needs be somewhat big > > too when we store a more and more data in ES. Is there any known cases > > that the storage size of these directory, especially work directory, caused > > any problem. > > Thanks, > > Jack > > > > -- > > 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). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72240f5c-3fc5-4d40-95ef-e5a184a4f405%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/7m40gGKyGU4/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/7m40gGKyGU4/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YfHpJiRZLhcLrtOd4SWg9g-E9o-kVP\_HfLRWjxxx8M0w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YfHpJiRZLhcLrtOd4SWg9g-E9o-kVP_HfLRWjxxx8M0w%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YfHpJiRZLhcLrtOd4SWg9g-E9o-kVP\_HfLRWjxxx8M0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YfHpJiRZLhcLrtOd4SWg9g-E9o-kVP_HfLRWjxxx8M0w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CANBTPCGa0-6nPBzAdJdd8S8gkZQE\_cYUSk9ZaaJCLtc7VVHbhg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CANBTPCGa0-6nPBzAdJdd8S8gkZQE_cYUSk9ZaaJCLtc7VVHbhg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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