# Changing the index store
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-index-store/10549
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 30, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-index-store/10549 "2013-01-30T04:05:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Mohammady\_Mahdy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohammady_Mahdy)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-index-store/10549/1 "2013-01-30T04:05:17Z")
Is it possible to change the Index store type on the fly? (or even with
restarting on a node level?)
I am interested in trying the mmap store but seem to be stuck on the
regular memory store.. Is this possible? how can I confirm if this setting
is applied?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-index-store/10549/2 "2017-07-06T02:54:04Z")