# Anyone using Elasticsearch as their primary datastore

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anyone-using-elasticsearch-as-their-primary-datastore/81677>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 8, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anyone-using-elasticsearch-as-their-primary-datastore/81677 "2017-04-08T12:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![MatthewFord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matthewford/32/10170_2.png) [@MatthewFord](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MatthewFord)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anyone-using-elasticsearch-as-their-primary-datastore/81677/1 "2017-04-08T12:22:03Z")

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We're using ES as the primary store for a project and just wondering if anyone else is?

Is it stable enough? Should we backup the data in another DB?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anyone-using-elasticsearch-as-their-primary-datastore/81677/2 "2017-04-08T12:36:05Z")

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Read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/resiliency/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/resiliency/current/index.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anyone-using-elasticsearch-as-their-primary-datastore/81677/3 "2017-05-06T12:47:03Z")

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