# Metricbeat Index Size Recommendation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-size-recommendation/148916>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-size-recommendation/148916 "2018-09-18T05:05:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![SNJY](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/snjy/32/42758_2.png) [@SNJY](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SNJY)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-size-recommendation/148916/1 "2018-09-18T05:05:56Z")

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Hi,

In our setup, Metricbeat (6.2.4) index is growing day by day - it has reached to ~200GB per day. I got some idea from somehwhere that efficient size of single index should be less than 50G. Could someone please share document on it.

Thanks

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**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:** [September 18, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-size-recommendation/148916/2 "2018-09-18T05:26:12Z")

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We suggest shards themselves be no larger than 50GB. The index can be larger though.

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**Author:** ![SNJY](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/snjy/32/42758_2.png) [@SNJY](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SNJY)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-size-recommendation/148916/3 "2018-09-18T05:30:31Z")

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Hi Warkolm,  
Thanks for prompt reply.  
Could you please share document on the recommendation and how to do changes in shards sizing.  
Thanks,  
Sanjay

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-size-recommendation/148916/4 "2018-10-16T05:30:38Z")

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