# RESOLVED Logstash does not load a big file under win 7

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resolved-logstash-does-not-load-a-big-file-under-win-7/59915>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 6, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resolved-logstash-does-not-load-a-big-file-under-win-7/59915 "2016-09-06T20:32:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![echocharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@echocharlie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/echocharlie)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resolved-logstash-does-not-load-a-big-file-under-win-7/59915/1 "2016-09-06T20:32:03Z")

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I'm trying to index a log file which size is greater than 100 mb using logstash 2.4.0 and elastic search 2.4.0  
If i reduce the file size by removing log entries everything works fine.  
Runing ELK under Windows 7.

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**Author:** ![echocharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@echocharlie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/echocharlie)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resolved-logstash-does-not-load-a-big-file-under-win-7/59915/2 "2016-09-08T09:50:54Z")

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RESOLVED using ignore\_older in the file plugin.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resolved-logstash-does-not-load-a-big-file-under-win-7/59915/3 "2017-07-06T04:39:18Z")

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