# Versioning and memory usage **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-and-memory-usage/5016 "2011-08-01T14:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Eduardo\_da\_Fo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_eduardo_da_fo/32/3112_2.png) [@Carlos\_Eduardo\_da\_Fo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Eduardo_da_Fo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-and-memory-usage/5016/1 "2011-08-01T14:37:45Z")
I was wondering: do versioning increases memory usage too much? If yes, is there a way of disable versioning through configuration (.yml or index settings)? We have some low memory servers running elasticsearch so every memory usage reduction is significative. -- Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-and-memory-usage/5016/2 "2011-08-01T20:53:39Z")
Versioning adds a negligible amount of memory. Most important memory settings in elasticsearch are percentage of the allocated memory to the JVM, so you should be good. Conserving more memory can be done by, for example, using a single shard index instead of the default 5 shard index. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca \< [eduardongu@gmail.com](mailto:eduardongu@gmail.com)\> wrote: > I was wondering: do versioning increases memory usage too much? > > If yes, is there a way of disable versioning through configuration (.yml or > index settings)? > > We have some low memory servers running elasticsearch so every memory usage > reduction is significative. > > -- > Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-and-memory-usage/5016/3 "2017-07-06T03:58:36Z")