# Are there any limits to the number of snapshot repositories?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-limits-to-the-number-of-snapshot-repositories/327541>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [March 13, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-limits-to-the-number-of-snapshot-repositories/327541 "2023-03-13T10:44:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-limits-to-the-number-of-snapshot-repositories/327541/3 "2023-03-13T13:23:27Z")

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We have a system in place that can manage the snapshots. The reason to have a `base_path` is so we can move the snapshot to glacier as per this question [Is it possible to move a one time snapshot to Glacier?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-move-a-one-time-snapshot-to-glacier/327455)

Which should be ok to do providing we don't alter the files on that path. The easiest way to seperate this is to have a repository per index. Providing that there aren't any limits on the number of repositories and the snapshot api continues to work in the same way.

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