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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/install-elastic-agent.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ Adding integrations will increase the memory used by the agent and its processes
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=== Size on disk

The disk requirements for {agent} vary by operating system and {stack} version. With version 8.14 we have significantly reduced the size of the {agent} binary. Further reductions are planned to be made in future releases.
The disk requirements for {agent} vary by operating system and {stack} version.

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|===
|Operating system |8.13 | 8.14 | 8.15
|Operating system |8.13 | 8.14 | 8.15 | 8.18 | 9.0 |

| **Linux** | 1800 MB | 1018 MB | 1060 MB
| **macOS** | 1100 MB | 619 MB | 680 MB
| **Windows** | 891 MB | 504 MB | 500 MB
| **Linux** | 1800 MB | 1018 MB | 1060 MB | 1.5 GB | 1.5 GB |
| **macOS** | 1100 MB | 619 MB | 680 MB | 775 MB | 7755 MB |
| **Windows** | 891 MB | 504 MB | 500 MB | 678 MB | 705 MB |
|===

During upgrades, double the disk space is required to store the new {agent} binary. After the upgrade completes, the original {agent} is removed from disk to free up the space.