# Journal utilization is too high - Uncommited messages deleted from journal

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/journal-utilization-is-too-high-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal/6446>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/journal-utilization-is-too-high-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal/6446 "2018-08-16T09:17:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@ted](https://community.graylog.org/u/ted)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/journal-utilization-is-too-high-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal/6446/1 "2018-08-16T09:17:25Z")

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Hi All,  
Please how can I solve this issue ?

Message 1: Journal utilization is too high  
“Journal utilization is too high and may go over the limit soon. Please verify that your Elasticsearch cluster is healthy and fast enough. You may also want to review your Graylog journal settings and set a higher limit. (Node: _569237de-4b57-466b-892e-443a2b2470e1_ )”

Message 2: Uncommited messages deleted from journal  
“Please verify that your Elasticsearch cluster is healthy and fast enough. You may also want to review your Graylog journal settings and set a higher limit”

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**Author:** ![jan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jan/32/11_2.png) [@jan](https://community.graylog.org/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/journal-utilization-is-too-high-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal/6446/2 "2018-08-16T09:31:05Z")

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[http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.4/pages/faq.html#what-does-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal-mean](http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.4/pages/faq.html#what-does-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal-mean)

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**Author:** ![ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@ted](https://community.graylog.org/u/ted)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/journal-utilization-is-too-high-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal/6446/3 "2018-08-16T11:17:42Z")

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What is the exact lines that I need to modify to set a higher limit ?

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**Author:** ![jan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jan/32/11_2.png) [@jan](https://community.graylog.org/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/journal-utilization-is-too-high-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal/6446/4 "2018-08-16T13:29:35Z")

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buddy - read the docs …

and read the comments in the configuration file - searching for `message_journal` might make it more clear.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/journal-utilization-is-too-high-uncommited-messages-deleted-from-journal/6446/5 "2018-08-30T13:29:48Z")

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