# Disk sizing Snapshot Repository

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-sizing-snapshot-repository/272953>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-sizing-snapshot-repository/272953 "2021-05-13T20:08:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Shinde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Shinde)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-sizing-snapshot-repository/272953/1 "2021-05-13T20:08:33Z")

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Hello Team, I would need to know, what should be the disk sizing for Snapshot repository w.r.t path.data?

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-sizing-snapshot-repository/272953/2 "2021-05-13T21:35:40Z")

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are you asking for parameter that set up snapshot? ans (path.repo: ["/data01/snapshot"] )  
or are you asking what would be the size of snapshot folder? ( pretty much same as your data )

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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Shinde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Shinde)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-sizing-snapshot-repository/272953/3 "2021-05-14T04:58:36Z")

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How much compression rate we achieved if we use the parameter "compress": true while creating a repository?

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-sizing-snapshot-repository/272953/4 "2021-05-14T13:06:07Z")

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no idea, never used it

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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:** [May 14, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-sizing-snapshot-repository/272953/5 "2021-05-14T14:18:59Z")

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Most of the index is already compressed to the snapshot compression flag does usually in my experience not make a massive difference.

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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:** [June 11, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-sizing-snapshot-repository/272953/6 "2021-06-11T14:19:37Z")

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