# How many Documents can be managed at a 8GB RAM Server?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-documents-can-be-managed-at-a-8gb-ram-server/199071>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 11, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-documents-can-be-managed-at-a-8gb-ram-server/199071 "2019-09-11T11:35:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@Isi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Isi)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-documents-can-be-managed-at-a-8gb-ram-server/199071/1 "2019-09-11T11:35:52Z")

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We want to integrate elasticsearch into a document management system. For the implementation, we need the hardware requirements when it comes to several thousand documents to be managed with elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-documents-can-be-managed-at-a-8gb-ram-server/199071/2 "2019-09-14T10:38:26Z")

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That depends on the size of the documents, the mapping used and the expected query  
load and latency requirements. It would help if you provided more details about the use case.

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-documents-can-be-managed-at-a-8gb-ram-server/199071/3 "2019-09-14T10:51:10Z")

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This [post](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/elasticsearch-sizing-and-capacity-planning) can help

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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:** [October 12, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-documents-can-be-managed-at-a-8gb-ram-server/199071/4 "2019-10-12T10:51:14Z")

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