# Changing store type on the fly

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-store-type-on-the-fly/24884
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 3, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-store-type-on-the-fly/24884 "2015-07-03T18:37:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-store-type-on-the-fly/24884/1 "2015-07-03T18:37:50Z")

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Hi is it ok to close and index change it's store type say from mmapfs to niofs and then back?

Just curious.

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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: [July 6, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-store-type-on-the-fly/24884/2 "2017-07-06T00:03:37Z")

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