# Why elastic search is generating this files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elastic-search-is-generating-this-files/223460>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elastic-search-is-generating-this-files/223460 "2020-03-13T07:40:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![rameshkr1994](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rameshkr1994/32/59029_2.png) [@rameshkr1994](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rameshkr1994)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elastic-search-is-generating-this-files/223460/1 "2020-03-13T07:40:51Z")

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Dear All.

I don't know why this files is generating in elastic search side.

i having more than 200 files generated by elastic and taking huge storage in machine.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/4/14d4568c08f3a3d8aa9f7986397d8b0811af6d8c.png)

`why?`

is below is solution?  
`xpack.monitoring.enabled=false`?

Thanks  
HadoopHelp

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elastic-search-is-generating-this-files/223460/2 "2020-03-13T09:30:24Z")

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It's because you indeed ask for monitoring.  
Data can come from elasticsearch, Kibana, beats or logstash.

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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:** [April 10, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-elastic-search-is-generating-this-files/223460/3 "2020-04-10T09:30:31Z")

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