# Indexing a document with a HUGE String field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-a-document-with-a-huge-string-field/131030>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-a-document-with-a-huge-string-field/131030 "2018-05-08T15:08:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-a-document-with-a-huge-string-field/131030/2 "2018-05-08T15:29:07Z")

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Have a look at

> [@Indexing 5GB file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-5gb-file/129875/4):
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> You're fortunately not the first one to store genomic information in Elasticsearch! You may be interested in reaching out to others to hear what they've done if any of these sound familiar to your own problems: [Indexing DNA sequences](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-dna-sequences/63087)[https://www.elastic.co/blog/uncoiling-data-in-dna-elasticsearch-as-a-bioinformatics-research-tool](https://www.elastic.co/blog/uncoiling-data-in-dna-elasticsearch-as-a-bioinformatics-research-tool)[https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-yale-and-the-quest-to-cure-cancer](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-yale-and-the-quest-to-cure-cancer) As to how to specifically deal with this, I think the answer is going to depend on what your s…

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