# "Storage" vs "Merged storage" Subscriber **URL:** \ **Category:** Incoming Configuration\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/storage-vs-merged-storage-subscriber/190 "2022-10-04T14:17:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alumio\_Bot](https://forum.alumio.com/user_avatar/forum.alumio.com/alumio_bot/32/1824_2.png) [@Alumio\_Bot](https://forum.alumio.com/u/Alumio_Bot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/storage-vs-merged-storage-subscriber/190/1 "2022-10-04T14:17:51Z")
What is the difference between a “Storage” and a “Merged Storage” on incoming configurations? - Tommy Quissens ## Answer The "Storage" subscriber will generate one task for each entity in the storage, while the "Merged Storage" subscriber will generate only one task with entity data of an array of all entities combined (merged). \- Gugi Gustaman ---
**Author:** ![Ties](https://forum.alumio.com/user_avatar/forum.alumio.com/ties/32/848_2.png) [@Ties](https://forum.alumio.com/u/Ties)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/storage-vs-merged-storage-subscriber/190/2 "2025-07-14T12:34:12Z")
Is it possible to use merged storage but split the array into chunks? I’m asking because I’m running into memory issues when trying to fetch 5K entities from a storage. @Gugi ---
**Author:** ![Gugi](https://forum.alumio.com/user_avatar/forum.alumio.com/gugi/32/236_2.png) [@Gugi](https://forum.alumio.com/u/Gugi)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/storage-vs-merged-storage-subscriber/190/3 "2025-07-14T12:49:27Z")
Hi @Ties, You can use Storage subscriber instead and fill in the “Items in group” field to split into groups instead of one entity per storage entity. ![image](https://alumio-forum.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/6/609cdf8b180242c855176d60404303b779a073d8.png) Please let us know if this is not what you expected.