# HOW much time/downtime is expecte to open/close/updatesettings of an index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-much-time-downtime-is-expecte-to-open-close-updatesettings-of-an-index/153919>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 25, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-much-time-downtime-is-expecte-to-open-close-updatesettings-of-an-index/153919 "2018-10-25T06:17:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Niharika\_Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@Niharika\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Niharika_Singh)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-much-time-downtime-is-expecte-to-open-close-updatesettings-of-an-index/153919/1 "2018-10-25T06:17:41Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to update the setting of one my index wondering how much downtime is expected for the complete process where I need to close the index first then perform update and then reopen the indices.

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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:** [October 25, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-much-time-downtime-is-expecte-to-open-close-updatesettings-of-an-index/153919/2 "2018-10-25T06:18:11Z")

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Depends on what the update is, how busy your nodes are etc.

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**Author:** ![Niharika\_Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@Niharika\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Niharika_Singh)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-much-time-downtime-is-expecte-to-open-close-updatesettings-of-an-index/153919/3 "2018-10-25T06:18:57Z")

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I am trying to update the settings with analysers block. for 3 of my indexes in production

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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:** [October 25, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-much-time-downtime-is-expecte-to-open-close-updatesettings-of-an-index/153919/4 "2018-10-25T06:19:56Z")

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It's really something you need to test.

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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:** [November 22, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-much-time-downtime-is-expecte-to-open-close-updatesettings-of-an-index/153919/5 "2018-11-22T06:19:57Z")

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Closed on November 22, 2018, 6:19am UTC

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