# Why not auto release the memory **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 12, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-auto-release-the-memory/16309 "2014-03-12T02:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_shi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_shi/32/1125_2.png) [@David\_shi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_shi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-auto-release-the-memory/16309/1 "2014-03-12T02:54:18Z")
I use the \_bulk interfaces concurrent writes 10M stress test, but after the memory footprint has been stubbornly high, unless I restart the elasticsearch. How to make JVM automatically frees memory. bigdesk screenshot [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mdCKBVgQwTk/Ux\_LRAs\_zVI/AAAAAAAAAT4/xHMZHC4lCqo/s1600/Bigdesk.png](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mdCKBVgQwTk/Ux_LRAs_zVI/AAAAAAAAAT4/xHMZHC4lCqo/s1600/Bigdesk.png) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/504a3cad-931f-4e8d-bfcc-9aac7b94190e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/504a3cad-931f-4e8d-bfcc-9aac7b94190e%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-auto-release-the-memory/16309/2 "2017-07-06T01:44:03Z")