# Performance ideas for log files **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 7, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/performance-ideas-for-log-files/17395 "2014-05-07T18:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Valentin\_Pletzer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/valentin_pletzer/32/105548_2.png) [@Valentin\_Pletzer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Valentin_Pletzer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/performance-ideas-for-log-files/17395/1 "2014-05-07T18:01:38Z")
Hi I am using elasticsearch for live logfiles. Meaning there is a lot of writing, some reading and never deleting (only indices, never docs). Thanks to the help here I am already doing a lot of things which helped improving performance (eg better filter queries, bulk uploads, daily indices ...) Since I am always looking for improvements I wondered if I could/should disable doc deletes (index.gc\_deletes , index.ttl.disable\_purge) and if there are other things I could consider. Cheers Valentin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ee2784b-cd4d-4a64-9930-77f3f94cf3cb%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ee2784b-cd4d-4a64-9930-77f3f94cf3cb%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/performance-ideas-for-log-files/17395/2 "2017-07-06T01:31:00Z")