# Copying only changed files **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 9, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copying-only-changed-files/103220 "2017-10-09T11:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vishu.kolki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/439d5e/32.png) [@vishu.kolki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vishu.kolki)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copying-only-changed-files/103220/1 "2017-10-09T11:48:55Z")
Hi I am taking snapshot of elasticsearch, everyday it is taking incremental snapshots. But the problem is every time i am moving 300 + Gib of date to other location. It is cost consuming. Can i only move the snapshot and metadata file? ``` 4.0K index 325G indices du: cannot read directory ‘lost+found’: Permission denied 16K lost+found 4.0K metadata-snapshot-08-10-2017-20-10 4.0K metadata-snapshot-09-10-2017-00-10 4.0K metadata-snapshot-09-10-2017-04-10 4.0K metadata-snapshot-09-10-2017-08-10 4.0K snapshot-snapshot-08-10-2017-20-10 4.0K snapshot-snapshot-09-10-2017-00-10 4.0K snapshot-snapshot-09-10-2017-04-10 4.0K snapshot-snapshot-09-10-2017-08-10 ``` From this above data, Indices shows 325 GiB. So can i only copy metadata-snapshot-09-10-2017-08-10 snapshot-snapshot-09-10-2017-08-10 these files, and will it work if i am going to restore? Since copying 325 GiB everytime is costly in AWS. Thank you in advance. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copying-only-changed-files/103220/2 "2017-11-06T11:49:11Z")
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