# Managing Indices in Elasticsearch 7.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\ **Created:** [July 15, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-indices-in-elasticsearch-7-0/190614 "2019-07-15T20:57:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dandago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dandago/32/56215_2.png) [@dandago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dandago)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-indices-in-elasticsearch-7-0/190614/1 "2019-07-15T20:57:07Z")
With all the new features in Elasticsearch 7.0 (such as Index Lifecycle Management), what are the recommended best practices for managing indices? What has stayed the same since prior to 7.0, and what new recommendations are based on the new features? ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-indices-in-elasticsearch-7-0/190614/2 "2019-07-16T06:07:07Z")
A good starting point is to consider ILM as a codification of existing recommendations for managing index lifecycles rather than as introducing anything new. ---
**Author:** ![dandago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dandago/32/56215_2.png) [@dandago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dandago)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-indices-in-elasticsearch-7-0/190614/3 "2019-07-16T18:17:43Z")
Okay, but what about things other than ILM? There are a few new things such as frozen indices for instance, and possibly others I don't even know about. These no doubt are very useful in certain circumstances so I suppose there would be new best practices to reflect this. ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-indices-in-elasticsearch-7-0/190614/4 "2019-07-16T18:56:22Z")
I'm not really sure what else you're asking. The [docs for frozen indices](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/frozen-indices.html) give recommendations for when to use them, and [they integrate with ILM](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_actions.html#ilm-freeze-action). They've also been available since [6.6](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/frozen-indices.html) so not really a new feature in 7.0. ---
**Author:** ![dandago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dandago/32/56215_2.png) [@dandago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dandago)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-indices-in-elasticsearch-7-0/190614/5 "2019-07-17T17:34:38Z")
OK, I'll clarify. There has been a lot of new stuff released in recent versions... 7.0+ but also late 6.x releases. I'm aware of some of these features, but at the same time I don't know everything that has been released. Presumably some of the new stuff affects the way we manage indices, so I'd like to know what these are and how they change what we know about managing indices from let's say 5.x. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/managing-indices-in-elasticsearch-7-0/190614/6 "2019-08-14T17:34:46Z")
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