# Is it possible to make 'elasticsearch index capped'?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-make-elasticsearch-index-capped/52593>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 13, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-make-elasticsearch-index-capped/52593 "2016-06-13T10:25:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jason\_Zheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jason_zheng/32/4041_2.png) [@Jason\_Zheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Zheng)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-make-elasticsearch-index-capped/52593/1 "2016-06-13T10:25:10Z")

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Hi all,

I have 20G storage for elasticsearch storing data, I don't really care the importance of these data (e.g. log data), so is it possible to make 'elasticsearch index capped' like 'mongo capped collection'?

Any suggestion or documentation?

Jason

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Zheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jason_zheng/32/4041_2.png) [@Jason\_Zheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Zheng)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-make-elasticsearch-index-capped/52593/2 "2016-06-14T01:20:44Z")

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Anyone can help?

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**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:** [June 14, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-make-elasticsearch-index-capped/52593/3 "2016-06-14T01:43:49Z")

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[Elasticsearch Curator](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/index.html) can do this.

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**Author:** ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-make-elasticsearch-index-capped/52593/4 "2016-06-14T01:43:54Z")

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There is nothing native for it. You'd have to rig something up that creates time based indexes and deletes them when you start getting full.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Zheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jason_zheng/32/4041_2.png) [@Jason\_Zheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Zheng)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-make-elasticsearch-index-capped/52593/5 "2016-06-14T04:11:49Z")

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Thanks all, its useful

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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, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-make-elasticsearch-index-capped/52593/6 "2017-07-05T22:44:07Z")

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