# Using ILM for huge size of indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-ilm-for-huge-size-of-indexes/326496>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-ilm-for-huge-size-of-indexes/326496 "2023-02-25T09:38:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-ilm-for-huge-size-of-indexes/326496/15 "2023-02-27T17:45:45Z")

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What would be the benefit of this over the approach I suggested?

I think you are overcomplicating things, but it could be that I have misunderstood something.

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