Elasticseach multi data path，every shard only stored into one data path

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when i use Elasticsearch to store my data,i have a Confuse，every Elasticsearch process I have config multi data path，but I find every shard of indices is only stored one data path，I want to know if one shard can be stored in multiple data directories, is it appropriate？
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No it cannot do that.

Please also note that this approach is deprecated and will be removed in 8.0 - Important Elasticsearch configuration | Elasticsearch Guide [7.15] | Elastic

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ok，thanks，but i want to kown the reason why the multi data path setting will be removed

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Take a look at Deprecate and remove Multiple Data Paths · Issue #71205 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub

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thanks,I see

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Note that it has been reintroduced in 8.0 to leave the existing users enough time to migrate. :wink:

See Restore Multiple Data Paths for 8.0 · Issue #78525 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub

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ok ,thanks