# Curator and disable shard allocation **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 25, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-and-disable-shard-allocation/19432 "2014-08-25T07:38:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Klaus\_Kleber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@Klaus\_Kleber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Klaus_Kleber)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-and-disable-shard-allocation/19432/1 "2014-08-25T07:38:30Z")
Hey Guys, We have set up a ES-cluster on a very powerful machine, where 1 node have the SSD assigned and the other nodes the slow HDD´s. We want to reallocate the indices after 7 days to the HDD´s which is very easy using the curator-tool. Logstash is configured to send the indexed events to port 9200 on which the SSD-ES-Node is listen too. But we elasticsearch rebalances the index between the SSD and the HDD node, making the performance advantage of the SSD useless. So i´ve search and found the cluster.routing.allocation.enable:none parameter for elasticsearch. I´ve I now disable routing allocation for the indexes, will curator still work? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [August 25, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-and-disable-shard-allocation/19432/2 "2014-08-25T07:41:37Z")
You don't want that, take a look at > **[Create new page · elastic/curator Wiki](https://github.com/elastic/curator/wiki/Routing-Allocation)** > > Curator: Tending your Elasticsearch indices. Contribute to elastic/curator development by creating an account on GitHub. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 25 August 2014 17:38, Klaus Kleber [brianmoser23@gmail.com](mailto:brianmoser23@gmail.com) wrote: > Hey Guys, > > We have set up a ES-cluster on a very powerful machine, where 1 node have > the SSD assigned and the other nodes the slow HDD´s. > > We want to reallocate the indices after 7 days to the HDD´s which is very > easy using the curator-tool. > > Logstash is configured to send the indexed events to port 9200 on which > the SSD-ES-Node is listen too. > > But we elasticsearch rebalances the index between the SSD and the HDD > node, making the performance advantage of the SSD useless. > > So i´ve search and found the cluster.routing.allocation.enable:none parameter > for elasticsearch. > > I´ve I now disable routing allocation for the indexes, will curator still > work? > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YbThF52u\_GGtUscKh\_c2r49Hsb6kwU9q%2BMnSaZmt4qyg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YbThF52u_GGtUscKh_c2r49Hsb6kwU9q%2BMnSaZmt4qyg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Klaus\_Kleber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@Klaus\_Kleber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Klaus_Kleber)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-and-disable-shard-allocation/19432/3 "2014-08-25T08:11:27Z")
Hi, yes i found that article but as soon as i start the HDD-node, elasticsearch starts to reallocate shards to it and thus if you search sth. in Kibana it will also searched from the slow HDD´s which we want to avoid. We want that the whole index lies on the SSD until we reallocate it using curator Am Montag, 25. August 2014 09:42:16 UTC+2 schrieb Mark Walkom: > You don't want that, take a look at > [Create new page · elastic/curator Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/curator/wiki/Routing-Allocation) > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \ > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 25 August 2014 17:38, Klaus Kleber \<[brianm...@gmail.com](mailto:brianm...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > Hey Guys, > > > > We have set up a ES-cluster on a very powerful machine, where 1 node have > > the SSD assigned and the other nodes the slow HDD´s. > > > > We want to reallocate the indices after 7 days to the HDD´s which is very > > easy using the curator-tool. > > > > Logstash is configured to send the indexed events to port 9200 on which > > the SSD-ES-Node is listen too. > > > > But we elasticsearch rebalances the index between the SSD and the HDD > > node, making the performance advantage of the SSD useless. > > > > So i´ve search and found the cluster.routing.allocation.enable:none parameter > > for elasticsearch. > > > > I´ve I now disable routing allocation for the indexes, will curator still > > work? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec7ecac0-d524-404b-aad9-5048f6cc61a4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/364d5bfe-c00e-4a49-b682-34f03ead0bea%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/364d5bfe-c00e-4a49-b682-34f03ead0bea%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-and-disable-shard-allocation/19432/4 "2017-07-06T01:06:45Z")