# Xml-file too big for logstash?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xml-file-too-big-for-logstash/179016>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 30, 2019, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xml-file-too-big-for-logstash/179016 "2019-04-30T06:04:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xml-file-too-big-for-logstash/179016/3 "2019-04-30T14:00:06Z")

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If you run a split filter against a very large field then split is very memory intensive (it creates a copy of the very large field for each entry in that field). That could be optimized out, but split does not do that. Try [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-split-into-multiple-events-dynamically-for-a-given-json-tried-from-various-question-in-forums/167745/10).

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