# Trying to identify high heap memory usage (v1.7.5)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-identify-high-heap-memory-usage-v1-7-5/81173>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 4, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-identify-high-heap-memory-usage-v1-7-5/81173 "2017-04-04T15:58:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![darinhoward](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/darinhoward/32/14033_2.png) [@darinhoward](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/darinhoward)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-identify-high-heap-memory-usage-v1-7-5/81173/2 "2017-04-06T16:22:52Z")

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Similar to this question - [Where is my heap going?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-my-heap-going/74077) that doesn't have a proper resolution. The goal is to find a way to spec out memory requirements for a cluster.

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