# Memory grows **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 10, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/memory-grows/189792 "2019-07-10T14:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MiZio\_E\_Basta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mizio_e_basta/32/46411_2.png) [@MiZio\_E\_Basta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MiZio_E_Basta)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/memory-grows/189792/1 "2019-07-10T14:11:06Z")
Hello everyone, my environment: 3 master nodes 3 data nodes (64GB with 32GB heap) 2 logstash 100+ server with auditbeat for access log management This is heap grows for my data nodes: ![immagine](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/2/220c8af5a18c343b9a3bd0251d1018eefcd1fe17.png) My index/shards details: ![immagine](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/e/6eebe20d25735b97921a325e9715582592233d24.png) Does it's normal ? Can i change some mem settings to avoid memory saturation ? Thanks a lot !!! ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/memory-grows/189792/2 "2019-07-10T16:40:30Z")
Yes, that is normal. GC will kick in when you reach 75% so you will eventually see a sawtooth pattern which is generally good. ---
**Author:** ![MiZio\_E\_Basta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mizio_e_basta/32/46411_2.png) [@MiZio\_E\_Basta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MiZio_E_Basta)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/memory-grows/189792/3 "2019-07-11T07:40:27Z")
many thanks 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/memory-grows/189792/4 "2019-08-08T07:40:29Z")
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