# Control over writing data to a specific drive

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/control-over-writing-data-to-a-specific-drive/271695
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 29, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/control-over-writing-data-to-a-specific-drive/271695 "2021-04-29T18:01:10Z")
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### Author: ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/control-over-writing-data-to-a-specific-drive/271695/5 "2021-04-29T19:52:33Z")

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Use one node per drive. If you want to move data off a drive, you can use [shard allocation filtering](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/shard-allocation-filtering.html).

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