# Metric using too much disk space -need optimization help **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-using-too-much-disk-space-need-optimization-help/238177 "2020-06-23T04:14:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cbeprem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cbeprem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbeprem)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-using-too-much-disk-space-need-optimization-help/238177/1 "2020-06-23T04:14:29Z")
Hi Team , I am using metricbeat for a couple of days for monitor system metrics, like CPU, ram, disk and network. It is working fine. I am monitoring for 10 Linux system. I have enabled only the default system module on all machines. The issue is daily the disk space is increasing by 20 GB., within ten days the disk space is almost 200 Gb . need your help to optimized or is it working as designed . Regards, Prem. ---
**Author:** ![mtojek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mtojek/32/63863_2.png) [@mtojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mtojek)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-using-too-much-disk-space-need-optimization-help/238177/2 "2020-06-23T08:58:03Z")
Without any more details, I can suggest you to disable less important metricsets and collect data only that matters. You can also set shorter retention period. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-using-too-much-disk-space-need-optimization-help/238177/3 "2020-07-21T10:58:04Z")
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