# How to control the data ingested into ElasticSearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 30, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-the-data-ingested-into-elasticsearch/91385 "2017-06-30T08:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vinod\_hy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@vinod\_hy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinod_hy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-the-data-ingested-into-elasticsearch/91385/1 "2017-06-30T08:11:41Z")
Hi, - I have decided to use ELK in the distributed environment. - I have a central machine where elasticsearch is running. There is no cluster used on elasticsearch. - Now to this central machine all the other machines(upto 100) send log contents using logstash. My question is 1.how much data can the elasticsearch accept, index and store it. 2.Does it depend on the harddisc size? Please provide me some inputs here if i am missing any understanding here. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-the-data-ingested-into-elasticsearch/91385/2 "2017-06-30T08:40:25Z")
> [@vinod\_hy](#): > > 2.Does it depend on the harddisc size? And a bunch of other things like heap size, document and query type, version etc etc. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-control-the-data-ingested-into-elasticsearch/91385/3 "2017-07-28T08:40:55Z")
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