# RAM to storage ratio

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ram-to-storage-ratio/183535>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 30, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ram-to-storage-ratio/183535 "2019-05-30T13:07:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![hkqjwyerkfjhalsdjkfh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ad7895/32.png) [@hkqjwyerkfjhalsdjkfh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hkqjwyerkfjhalsdjkfh)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ram-to-storage-ratio/183535/1 "2019-05-30T13:07:54Z")

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I found the recommendation of a 1:24 ratio of RAM to storage on another thread. Is that still what is recommended? I couldn't find much in official documentation about how much disk space you should have per node.

What happens if I do use more disk space than that?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ram-to-storage-ratio/183535/2 "2019-05-30T14:25:19Z")

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That depends on the use case and access patterns.

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**Author:** ![hkqjwyerkfjhalsdjkfh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ad7895/32.png) [@hkqjwyerkfjhalsdjkfh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hkqjwyerkfjhalsdjkfh)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ram-to-storage-ratio/183535/3 "2019-05-30T17:51:12Z")

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What kinds of things should I take into account when making this decision? Are there any reading materials you have I can understand this better?

We are basically storing a lot of log files in Elasticsearch and using Kibana for monitoring.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ram-to-storage-ratio/183535/4 "2019-05-30T18:42:25Z")

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There are a number of blogs and webinars available on the Elastic website but I do not have links right now. I would recommend searching for “sizing” and “storage”.

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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:** [June 27, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ram-to-storage-ratio/183535/5 "2019-06-27T18:42:28Z")

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