# Increasing Memory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-memory/59130>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 28, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-memory/59130 "2016-08-28T18:17:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Saurabh\_Jambhule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Saurabh\_Jambhule](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurabh_Jambhule)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-memory/59130/1 "2016-08-28T18:17:02Z")

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At status my memory usage showing as 850/900.  
How can I increase my memory for elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-memory/59130/2 "2016-08-28T19:17:05Z")

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The heap size can be set with the ES\_HEAP\_SIZE environment variable. If you're starting Elasticsearch as a service you should probably be changing /etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch (RPM-based systems) or /etc/default/elasticsearch (Debian-based systems).

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-configuration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-configuration.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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-memory/59130/3 "2017-07-05T22:24:34Z")

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