# Is auditbeat dependent on auditd？

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auditbeat-dependent-on-auditd/189053>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [July 5, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auditbeat-dependent-on-auditd/189053 "2019-07-05T09:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![nezha\_song](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nezha_song/32/48154_2.png) [@nezha\_song](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nezha_song)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auditbeat-dependent-on-auditd/189053/1 "2019-07-05T09:14:32Z")

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auditd often creats a lot of disk IO, will it be reduced by auditbeat?

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**Author:** ![cwurm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cwurm/32/34882_2.png) [@cwurm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cwurm)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auditbeat-dependent-on-auditd/189053/2 "2019-07-12T15:14:04Z")

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Auditbeat sends data directly to Elasticsearch whereas auditd writes it to disk, so yes, you should see much less disk usage with Auditbeat.

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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:** [August 9, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-auditbeat-dependent-on-auditd/189053/3 "2019-08-09T17:14:07Z")

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