# Should I leave my files unzipped?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-leave-my-files-unzipped/217399>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 31, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-leave-my-files-unzipped/217399 "2020-01-31T14:43:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ldv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@ldv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ldv)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-leave-my-files-unzipped/217399/1 "2020-01-31T14:43:11Z")

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Hi,

I have an environment where I want to start picking up apache access log files with filebeat. Up to now we have zipped the apache logs after 2 weeks to safe space. Is that still possible? Can filebeat pickup gzipped files or is that slowing down the process of indexing the files very much?

Thanks for the answer.  
ldv

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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:** [February 28, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-leave-my-files-unzipped/217399/2 "2020-02-28T14:43:16Z")

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