# Is there a way to know memory required **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 18, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-memory-required/23304 "2015-04-18T05:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bvnagaraju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@bvnagaraju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bvnagaraju)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-memory-required/23304/1 "2015-04-18T05:40:46Z")
Hi , Is there a way to know minimum memory required for X no of fields created in index ? Please help me with some thoughts .For example :If index has 20 fields , how much memory elastic search need to keep the index in memory ? or how does it works? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [April 19, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-memory-required/23304/2 "2015-04-19T02:40:49Z")
Not really; how large are your fields, are they analysed, are you using doc values? You really need to test this with your own data set. On 18 April 2015 at 15:40, bvnrwork [budda08nitt@gmail.com](mailto:budda08nitt@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi , > > Is there a way to know minimum memory required for X no of fields created > in index ? > > Please help me with some thoughts .For example :If index has 20 fields , > how much memory Elasticsearch need to keep the index in memory ? or how > does it works? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X99h\_reM0z-xgYhy3c4kM6wUv3YZko7A6b2cyhFabUEvQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X99h_reM0z-xgYhy3c4kM6wUv3YZko7A6b2cyhFabUEvQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![bvnagaraju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@bvnagaraju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bvnagaraju)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-memory-required/23304/3 "2015-04-22T19:56:56Z")
35 fields - each contains 10 KB of text and what is doc values you said ? On Saturday, 18 April 2015 22:41:18 UTC-4, Mark Walkom wrote: > Not really; how large are your fields, are they analysed, are you using > doc values? > You really need to test this with your own data set. > > On 18 April 2015 at 15:40, bvnrwork \<[budda...@gmail.com](mailto:budda...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > Hi , > > > > Is there a way to know minimum memory required for X no of fields created > > in index ? > > > > Please help me with some thoughts .For example :If index has 20 fields , > > how much memory Elasticsearch need to keep the index in memory ? or how > > does it works? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7c8d50b9-29ec-4b1c-956c-63ecd710a4f6%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7c8d50b9-29ec-4b1c-956c-63ecd710a4f6%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-memory-required/23304/4 "2015-04-23T01:18:29Z")
See the docs or more info on doc values - [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/doc-values.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/doc-values.html) On 23 April 2015 at 05:56, bvnrwork [budda08nitt@gmail.com](mailto:budda08nitt@gmail.com) wrote: > 35 fields - each contains 10 KB of text and what is doc values you said ? > > On Saturday, 18 April 2015 22:41:18 UTC-4, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > Not really; how large are your fields, are they analysed, are you using > > doc values? > > You really need to test this with your own data set. > > > > On 18 April 2015 at 15:40, bvnrwork [budda...@gmail.com](mailto:budda...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > Is there a way to know minimum memory required for X no of fields > > > created in index ? > > > > > > Please help me with some thoughts .For example :If index has 20 fields , > > > how much memory Elasticsearch need to keep the index in memory ? or how > > > does it works? > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/69c63aec-3388-47d8-88c4-c12269e9d8c1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7c8d50b9-29ec-4b1c-956c-63ecd710a4f6%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7c8d50b9-29ec-4b1c-956c-63ecd710a4f6%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7c8d50b9-29ec-4b1c-956c-63ecd710a4f6%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7c8d50b9-29ec-4b1c-956c-63ecd710a4f6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X\_%2BXJu-r8R1An2dPSvhPGoLVUkAM%3DkktNK-Tim6cWcjuQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X_%2BXJu-r8R1An2dPSvhPGoLVUkAM%3DkktNK-Tim6cWcjuQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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