# Elasticsearch data directory in S3 bucket **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 12, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-in-s3-bucket/344945 "2023-10-12T17:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-in-s3-bucket/344945/1 "2023-10-12T17:31:14Z")
Hi All, Is it possible to have the data directory of a newly built ES 8 cluster hosted on a S3 bucket. Idea is for the data nodes to use S3 instead of local disk or NAS. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-in-s3-bucket/344945/2 "2023-10-12T17:34:39Z")
> [@zaeemmasood](#): > > Is it possible to have the data directory of a newly built ES 8 cluster hosted on a S3 bucket. No, this is not possible. ---
**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-in-s3-bucket/344945/3 "2023-10-12T17:54:31Z")
Thanks for a quick response. We have a retention period of 30 days for the indices. Can we move indices older than 7 days to S3 and how? Idea is to have more disk space available on local. We have a cluster of 8 nodes with 5 data and 3 dedicated master nodes and indices are written into local disk on each data node. Thanks ---
**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 12, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-in-s3-bucket/344945/4 "2023-10-12T18:03:23Z")
You can achieve this by configuring [searchable snapshots](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.10/searchable-snapshots.html) in a hot-cold architecture. This does however require a [commercial Enterprise license](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions). You can not have searchable data on S3 with the free basic license. ---
**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-in-s3-bucket/344945/5 "2023-10-12T19:27:21Z")
Thanks. I have a very basic question. In our case, all the data nodes are writing to their **local disks** and there is no common storage (e.g NAS) between the data nodes. Can snapshots be taken in such set ups? ---
**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 12, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-in-s3-bucket/344945/6 "2023-10-12T20:04:55Z")
Snapshots require shared storage, e.g NFS mount or S3. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-data-directory-in-s3-bucket/344945/7 "2023-11-09T20:05:22Z")
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