# How to discover how much disk space the docs returned by a query use

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-how-much-disk-space-the-docs-returned-by-a-query-use/84739>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 5, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-how-much-disk-space-the-docs-returned-by-a-query-use/84739 "2017-05-05T14:12:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![leoreginin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@leoreginin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leoreginin)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-how-much-disk-space-the-docs-returned-by-a-query-use/84739/1 "2017-05-05T14:12:04Z")

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Hi.

Is there a way to discover how much disk space the docs returned by a query use ?

Thks.

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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:** [May 6, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-how-much-disk-space-the-docs-returned-by-a-query-use/84739/2 "2017-05-06T03:52:39Z")

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You need to install this plugin [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/mapper-size.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/mapper-size.html)

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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:** [June 3, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-how-much-disk-space-the-docs-returned-by-a-query-use/84739/3 "2017-06-03T04:03:29Z")

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