# Data loss incase of elasticsearch data node going down

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-loss-incase-of-elasticsearch-data-node-going-down/250042>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 26, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-loss-incase-of-elasticsearch-data-node-going-down/250042 "2020-09-26T06:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![rohitarorait82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rohitarorait82/32/82981_2.png) [@rohitarorait82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitarorait82)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-loss-incase-of-elasticsearch-data-node-going-down/250042/1 "2020-09-26T06:43:57Z")

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Hi All,

We have 5 data nodes in our cluster, out of these 2 nodes went down and it looks like , I will take at-least a week to recover it. Is there a way to work with remaining 3 data nodes and we can recover other 2 data nodes latter on.

Can I take these node out of the cluster and once everything is fine, I will add these nodes again

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![rohitarorait82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rohitarorait82/32/82981_2.png) [@rohitarorait82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitarorait82)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-loss-incase-of-elasticsearch-data-node-going-down/250042/2 "2020-09-26T06:44:37Z")

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@Christian_Dahlqvist : Can you please help here

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-loss-incase-of-elasticsearch-data-node-going-down/250042/3 "2020-09-26T09:28:01Z")

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How much data do you have in the cluster? How much free space do you have? Are any indices in red status? Are all nodes master eligible? Which version of Elasticsearch are you using?

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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:** [October 24, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-loss-incase-of-elasticsearch-data-node-going-down/250042/4 "2020-10-24T09:28:14Z")

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