# Slow Commands with 1.2.4 to 1.4.2 Upgrade

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 30, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437 "2014-12-30T18:04:28Z")
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### Author: ![pskieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@pskieu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pskieu)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/1 "2014-12-30T18:04:28Z")

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I have about 50 GB of data (1 mil docs) in a single node--8 cores with 32  
GB (24 GB heap). I just upgraded from 1.2.4 to 1.4.2, and I noticed that a  
few commands take a long time to return, and marvel doesn't work as well as  
it used to.

Some of the commands that are slow for me are \_cat/indices and \_nodes.

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#### Post date: [December 30, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/2 "2014-12-30T23:54:05Z")

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How slow?  
Is the load on your system high?

On 31 December 2014 at 05:04, [pskieu@gmail.com](mailto:pskieu@gmail.com) wrote:

> I have about 50 GB of data (1 mil docs) in a single node--8 cores with 32  
> GB (24 GB heap). I just upgraded from 1.2.4 to 1.4.2, and I noticed that a  
> few commands take a long time to return, and marvel doesn't work as well as  
> it used to.
> 
> Some of the commands that are slow for me are \_cat/indices and \_nodes.
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### Author: ![pskieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@pskieu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pskieu)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/3 "2015-01-05T18:45:12Z")

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It takes upwards an average of 10 to 30 seconds. This is a test instance, so there's no additional load other than what I'm doing.

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### Author: ![pskieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@pskieu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pskieu)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/4 "2015-01-16T05:03:21Z")

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Just added 2 more nodes with the same specs, and still seeing the same  
slowness. These commands no longer return anything, because it's taking too  
long to return.

On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 3:54:34 PM UTC-8, Mark Walkom wrote:

> How slow?  
> Is the load on your system high?
> 
> On 31 December 2014 at 05:04, \<[psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) \<javascript:\>\> wrote:
> 
> > I have about 50 GB of data (1 mil docs) in a single node--8 cores with 32  
> > GB (24 GB heap). I just upgraded from 1.2.4 to 1.4.2, and I noticed that a  
> > few commands take a long time to return, and marvel doesn't work as well as  
> > it used to.
> > 
> > Some of the commands that are slow for me are \_cat/indices and \_nodes.
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### Author: ![Arie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@Arie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arie)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/5 "2015-01-16T12:25:00Z")

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Check your memory usage on ES. In my case I had to specifically put  
ES\_HEAP\_SIZE in /etc/init.d/elasticsearch  
to get it working the right way.

On Monday, January 5, 2015 at 7:45:12 PM UTC+1, [psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) wrote:

> It takes upwards an average of 10 to 30 seconds. This is a test instance,  
> so there's no additional load other than what I'm doing.

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#### Post date: [January 16, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/6 "2015-01-16T17:52:02Z")

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My ES\_HEAP\_SIZE is already set to 24g per node

On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 4:25:00 AM UTC-8, Arie wrote:

> Check your memory usage on ES. In my case I had to specifically put  
> ES\_HEAP\_SIZE in /etc/init.d/elasticsearch  
> to get it working the right way.
> 
> On Monday, January 5, 2015 at 7:45:12 PM UTC+1, [psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > It takes upwards an average of 10 to 30 seconds. This is a test instance,  
> > so there's no additional load other than what I'm doing.

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### Author: ![Arie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@Arie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arie)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/7 "2015-01-17T13:02:03Z")

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With 32GB of memory this should be around 16GB (50%), and check if this  
actually is the case with top for example.

On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 6:52:02 PM UTC+1, [psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) wrote:

> My ES\_HEAP\_SIZE is already set to 24g per node
> 
> On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 4:25:00 AM UTC-8, Arie wrote:
> 
> > Check your memory usage on ES. In my case I had to specifically put  
> > ES\_HEAP\_SIZE in /etc/init.d/elasticsearch  
> > to get it working the right way.
> > 
> > On Monday, January 5, 2015 at 7:45:12 PM UTC+1, [psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > It takes upwards an average of 10 to 30 seconds. This is a test  
> > > instance, so there's no additional load other than what I'm doing.

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#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/8 "2015-01-21T01:51:41Z")

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Lowered to 16g and verified with top--same behavior. I've also tried 1.3  
with the same results.

1.2 is the latest version that's working properly for me.

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 5:02:03 AM UTC-8, Arie wrote:

> With 32GB of memory this should be around 16GB (50%), and check if this  
> actually is the case with top for example.
> 
> On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 6:52:02 PM UTC+1, [psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > My ES\_HEAP\_SIZE is already set to 24g per node
> > 
> > On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 4:25:00 AM UTC-8, Arie wrote:
> > 
> > > Check your memory usage on ES. In my case I had to specifically put  
> > > ES\_HEAP\_SIZE in /etc/init.d/elasticsearch  
> > > to get it working the right way.
> > > 
> > > On Monday, January 5, 2015 at 7:45:12 PM UTC+1, [psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > > 
> > > > It takes upwards an average of 10 to 30 seconds. This is a test  
> > > > instance, so there's no additional load other than what I'm doing.

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#### Post date: [January 21, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-commands-with-1-2-4-to-1-4-2-upgrade/21437/9 "2015-01-21T03:14:58Z")

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Do you have a firewall between you and the cluster?  
What sort of times does a ping response show you?  
Have you looked at your ES logs, hot threads?

On 21 January 2015 at 14:51, [pskieu@gmail.com](mailto:pskieu@gmail.com) wrote:

> Lowered to 16g and verified with top--same behavior. I've also tried 1.3  
> with the same results.
> 
> 1.2 is the latest version that's working properly for me.
> 
> On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 5:02:03 AM UTC-8, Arie wrote:
> 
> > With 32GB of memory this should be around 16GB (50%), and check if this  
> > actually is the case with top for example.
> > 
> > On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 6:52:02 PM UTC+1, [psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > My ES\_HEAP\_SIZE is already set to 24g per node
> > > 
> > > On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 4:25:00 AM UTC-8, Arie wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Check your memory usage on ES. In my case I had to specifically put  
> > > > ES\_HEAP\_SIZE in /etc/init.d/elasticsearch  
> > > > to get it working the right way.
> > > > 
> > > > On Monday, January 5, 2015 at 7:45:12 PM UTC+1, [psk...@gmail.com](mailto:psk...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > It takes upwards an average of 10 to 30 seconds. This is a test  
> > > > > instance, so there's no additional load other than what I'm doing.
> > > > 
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