# How to Get Disk Usage by Search or Query Terms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 29, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-disk-usage-by-search-or-query-terms/259836 "2020-12-29T22:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bbek/32/44087_2.png) [@bbek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bbek)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-disk-usage-by-search-or-query-terms/259836/1 "2020-12-29T22:54:15Z")
I have multiple systems feeding a single index. What is the best approach to find size on disk, specific to search results? I'm trying to allocate by actual storage to get each 'department' cost. For instance mixing: GET /\_cat/allocation GET /\_cat/nodes and something like: /\_search?q=dept%3Amaintenance ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-disk-usage-by-search-or-query-terms/259836/2 "2020-12-29T23:07:05Z")
The only way to do that is via [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/mapper-size.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/mapper-size.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-disk-usage-by-search-or-query-terms/259836/3 "2021-01-26T23:07:14Z")
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