# What does size\_in\_bytes include?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-size-in-bytes-include/40237>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-size-in-bytes-include/40237 "2016-01-27T13:24:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pat\_Humphreys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Pat\_Humphreys](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pat_Humphreys)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-size-in-bytes-include/40237/1 "2016-01-27T13:24:38Z")

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Does the "size\_in\_bytes" value returned from \_stats include replicas or is it just primary data?

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**Author:** ![tanguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tanguy/32/6030_2.png) [@tanguy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanguy)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-size-in-bytes-include/40237/2 "2016-01-27T13:50:43Z")

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Hi,

If you're talking about Indices Stats API then it is usually reported in `total` (both primary & replica shards) and `primaries` (primary shards only):

`GET /_stats?filter_path=**.size_in_bytes { "_all" : { "primaries" : { "store" : { "size_in_bytes" : 130 }, "completion" : { "size_in_bytes" : 0 }, "translog" : { "size_in_bytes" : 43 } }, "total" : { "store" : { "size_in_bytes" : 130 }, "completion" : { "size_in_bytes" : 0 }, "translog" : { "size_in_bytes" : 43 } } }, "indices" : { "books" : { "primaries" : { "store" : { "size_in_bytes" : 130 }, "completion" : { "size_in_bytes" : 0 }, "translog" : { "size_in_bytes" : 43 } }, "total" : { "store" : { "size_in_bytes" : 130 }, "completion" : { "size_in_bytes" : 0 }, "translog" : { "size_in_bytes" : 43 } } } } }`

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**Author:** ![Pat\_Humphreys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Pat\_Humphreys](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pat_Humphreys)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-size-in-bytes-include/40237/3 "2016-01-27T14:15:26Z")

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Thanks. I missed the total section.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-size-in-bytes-include/40237/4 "2017-07-05T23:21:04Z")

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