# Is there a way to handle frequently updated documents
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-frequently-updated-documents/40885
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 3, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-frequently-updated-documents/40885 "2016-02-03T16:37:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Rahul\_Garg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Garg)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-frequently-updated-documents/40885/1 "2016-02-03T16:37:07Z")
As in elasticsearch on every write and delete operation index are updated.
So elastic search is not good for frequently updated data.
So is there a way elasticsearch can speed up search of these kind on data using or DB as data source or drivers ?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-frequently-updated-documents/40885/2 "2017-07-05T23:19:14Z")