# Question about index rollover

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-index-rollover/207452>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-index-rollover/207452 "2019-11-12T06:55:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-index-rollover/207452/2 "2019-11-12T15:12:23Z")

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Hi @iridescent233

I just answered a similar question [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollover-goes-beyond-the-condition/207442/2)

In short ILM is not optimized for such small settings... It will work as expected for realistic settings assuming proper configuration.

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