# How many memory is require (win7 64bit)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 25, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-memory-is-require-win7-64bit/22384 "2015-02-25T13:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jan99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jan99)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-memory-is-require-win7-64bit/22384/1 "2015-02-25T13:43:50Z")
Hi ! i want to use elasticsearch for a company wiki an my machine is win7 64bit with 8GB Ram. know i want to start like service. i stopped the current elasticsearch.bat and call service.bat by kontextmenue _start as admin_ i get the message that the command is unable to start because there is not enough memory. my machine to small or is there a possiblity to define a special parameter? reagards Jan -- 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/b2a8893f-d730-41cc-b833-f1ef82a93f98%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b2a8893f-d730-41cc-b833-f1ef82a93f98%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jan99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jan99)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-memory-is-require-win7-64bit/22384/2 "2015-02-25T13:45:57Z")
If i start elasticsearch-service-x64.exe the window will show and hide in the next moment ! reagards Jan -- 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/70962568-1571-4ca2-9307-e9f0126ec509%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/70962568-1571-4ca2-9307-e9f0126ec509%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-memory-is-require-win7-64bit/22384/3 "2015-02-25T14:15:22Z")
Did you set any memory settings for the JVM HEAP? If so, you might have forgotten to add m or g after the size. Like ES\_HEAP\_SIZE=1024 instead of 1024m -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr [https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs) > Le 25 févr. 2015 à 14:45, jan99 [jan@tappenbeck.net](mailto:jan@tappenbeck.net) a écrit : > > If i start elasticsearch-service-x64.exe the window will show and hide in the next moment ! > > reagards Jan > > -- > 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) [mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/70962568-1571-4ca2-9307-e9f0126ec509%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/70962568-1571-4ca2-9307-e9f0126ec509%40googlegroups.com) [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/70962568-1571-4ca2-9307-e9f0126ec509%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/70962568-1571-4ca2-9307-e9f0126ec509%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout) [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/8A80859B-0A0B-4549-B7EC-AA17734661B3%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8A80859B-0A0B-4549-B7EC-AA17734661B3%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jan99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jan99)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-memory-is-require-win7-64bit/22384/4 "2015-02-25T14:21:01Z")
HI ! i did not set anything like this ! _Did you set any memory settings for the JVM HEAP?_ where did i add this parameter - did you have a link? _If so, you might have forgotten to add m or g after the size. Like ES\_HEAP\_SIZE=1024 instead of 1024m_ no i did ! regards Jan Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2015 14:43:50 UTC+1 schrieb jan99: > Hi ! > > i want to use elasticsearch for a company wiki an my machine is win7 64bit > with 8GB Ram. > > know i want to start like service. i stopped the current elasticsearch.bat > and call service.bat by kontextmenue _start as admin_ > > i get the message that the command is unable to start because there is not > enough memory. > > my machine to small or is there a possiblity to define a special parameter? > > reagards Jan -- 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/4e696b9f-8fff-4f5e-ac1d-e9311232616f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4e696b9f-8fff-4f5e-ac1d-e9311232616f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jan99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jan99)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-memory-is-require-win7-64bit/22384/5 "2015-02-25T15:04:53Z")
Hi ! current i found the side: [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/heap-sizing.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/heap-sizing.html) so i define a windows environment variable called ES\_HEAP\_SIZE = 1024 now i started the service.bat - but there is no success! no service will installed ! when i try to elasticsearch-service-x64 via start as ... in the contextmenü the window will open and close ! and now? regards jan -- 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/5630bce5-2324-49a9-abbf-e495f83e97f5%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5630bce5-2324-49a9-abbf-e495f83e97f5%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-memory-is-require-win7-64bit/22384/6 "2015-02-25T15:39:47Z")
I guess that you did this? [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_installation.html) [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/\_installation.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_installation.html) Is that right? Then you tried this? [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service-win.html) [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service-win.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service-win.html) If not, please do. If yes, please describe which exact step does not work as expected. -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr [https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs) > Le 25 févr. 2015 à 16:04, jan99 [jan@tappenbeck.net](mailto:jan@tappenbeck.net) a écrit : > > Hi ! > > current i found the side: [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/heap-sizing.html) [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/heap-sizing.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/heap-sizing.html) > > so i define a windows environment variable called ES\_HEAP\_SIZE = 1024 > > now i started the service.bat - but there is no success! > > no service will installed ! > > when i try to elasticsearch-service-x64 via start as ... in the contextmenü the window will open and close ! > > and now? > > regards jan > > -- > 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) [mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5630bce5-2324-49a9-abbf-e495f83e97f5%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5630bce5-2324-49a9-abbf-e495f83e97f5%40googlegroups.com) [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5630bce5-2324-49a9-abbf-e495f83e97f5%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5630bce5-2324-49a9-abbf-e495f83e97f5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout) [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/1B93D9F6-F336-4585-848C-0CA59593D62C%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1B93D9F6-F336-4585-848C-0CA59593D62C%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jan99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jan99)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-memory-is-require-win7-64bit/22384/7 "2015-02-26T07:32:48Z")
Hi ! now the service runs ! my problem is to start service correct !!! yesterday i only call "service.bat" today: service.bat install !! service will install and i am able to start the service via dialog. now i go to the next steps .... regards jan 🙂 Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2015 14:43:50 UTC+1 schrieb jan99: > Hi ! > > i want to use elasticsearch for a company wiki an my machine is win7 64bit > with 8GB Ram. > > know i want to start like service. i stopped the current elasticsearch.bat > and call service.bat by kontextmenue _start as admin_ > > i get the message that the command is unable to start because there is not > enough memory. > > my machine to small or is there a possiblity to define a special parameter? > > reagards Jan -- 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/b50e19f5-a047-40ef-9688-3f6f16e014bc%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b50e19f5-a047-40ef-9688-3f6f16e014bc%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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