# Storage use by attachment plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 20, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storage-use-by-attachment-plugin/18226 "2014-06-20T06:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Izam\_Fahmi\_Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Izam\_Fahmi\_Alias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Izam_Fahmi_Alias)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storage-use-by-attachment-plugin/18226/1 "2014-06-20T06:47:33Z")
Dear All, i have about 20GB size of document, and i want to index all the document content using attachment plugin, my question is, what is the size of the index, is't the size will be also 20gb thank you -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90ac9a54-6014-4db7-8583-6771aa2568c3%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90ac9a54-6014-4db7-8583-6771aa2568c3%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/storage-use-by-attachment-plugin/18226/2 "2017-07-06T01:21:01Z")