# Elasticsearch backup on non-shared filesystem

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-on-non-shared-filesystem/150813
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 3, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-on-non-shared-filesystem/150813 "2018-10-03T04:52:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Rupesh\_Ranjan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rupesh_ranjan/32/22283_2.png) [@Rupesh\_Ranjan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rupesh_Ranjan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-on-non-shared-filesystem/150813/1 "2018-10-03T04:52:19Z")

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I have a ES cluster (v6.2.4), each data node having their data locally (in the VMs). In order to take a snapshot/backup of the cluster data, i came across this [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html)

But, i could not find a way to take backup, when its not using a shared filesystem. Is there a way i can take backup/snapshot in non-shared filesystem?

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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: [October 3, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-on-non-shared-filesystem/150813/2 "2018-10-03T05:07:50Z")

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Snapshots are at the cluster level an not per node, so do require shared storage.

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### Author: ![Rupesh\_Ranjan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rupesh_ranjan/32/22283_2.png) [@Rupesh\_Ranjan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rupesh_Ranjan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-on-non-shared-filesystem/150813/3 "2018-10-03T05:09:28Z")

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Thanks Christian. Is there any other way i can backup my data in this scenario?

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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: [October 3, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-on-non-shared-filesystem/150813/4 "2018-10-03T05:30:13Z")

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I can not think of any reliable way to do it at the node level.

There are however options to use other types of shared storage, e.g. S3 or HDFS, if that is easier for you.

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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 31, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-on-non-shared-filesystem/150813/5 "2018-10-31T05:30:14Z")

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