You created GCE machines with 13 GB memory? And you're wondering why Elasticsearch's heap size is just 2 GB? The heap size is configured independently and has nothing to do with the RAM size. The size is set with startup options, which usually are set via /etc/default/elasticsearch or /etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch (depending on the OS).
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