> 230MB of Heap is very small for most ES usages 230MB RSS, and this is not "ES usage", it's just after starting it with no data whatsoever. I've seen database

> 230MB of Heap is very small for most ES usages 230MB RSS, and this is not "ES usage", it's just after starting it with no data whatsoever. I've seen databases which use less memory than that when working. > I run some very large clusters [...] without problems for 4-6 months without any restarts. Well, good for you. Being a sysadmin, I understand very well that my ES server may be a specimen combining bad kernel compilation, broken JVM version, unstable ES release, and ground water emanating bad energy, so I don't complain much. Still, I would be very, very happy to see any alternative for storing JSONified logs.