# Can I define which shard to snapshot?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-define-which-shard-to-snapshot/152372>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 14, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-define-which-shard-to-snapshot/152372 "2018-10-14T06:41:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jianzhou\_Z](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jianzhou_z/32/46751_2.png) [@Jianzhou\_Z](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jianzhou_Z)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-define-which-shard-to-snapshot/152372/1 "2018-10-14T06:41:57Z")

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The default setting of snapshot seems creating snapshots for all shards of an index.  
Can users define which shard to snapshot?

I found creating snapshots can make system busy, and was wondering if I can create snapshot for each shard one by one given some interval times, so the system may not be overloaded for too long.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-define-which-shard-to-snapshot/152372/2 "2018-10-14T07:07:13Z")

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It's per index, so no you cannot.

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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:** [November 11, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-define-which-shard-to-snapshot/152372/3 "2018-11-11T07:08:56Z")

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Closed on November 11, 2018, 7:08am UTC

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