# Index\_buffer\_size vs max\_index\_buffer\_size

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-buffer-size-vs-max-index-buffer-size/39586>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 19, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-buffer-size-vs-max-index-buffer-size/39586 "2016-01-19T18:58:15Z")\
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The min and max are taken into account only when index\_buffer\_size is a percentage. In that case the min and max may override index\_buffer\_size depending on how much memory is available.

I'll see if we can get the docs updated to reflect this.

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