# Elasticsearch shared storage advice
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shared-storage-advice/68885
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shared-storage-advice/68885 "2016-12-13T14:59:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Kernel\_Panic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kernel_Panic)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shared-storage-advice/68885/1 "2016-12-13T14:59:32Z")
Hi there guys
I'm configuring an ES cluster ( 3 nodes ) and will required 4TB to store it's data ( data retention ), my idea is to configure a LUN from our storage and map it to the nodes and use OCFS2, I'd like to know based on your experience if this is a good idea or if I should go with other kind of solution, or should I use independent HD on each server and let the cluster distribute the data?
Thank you very much
Regards
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shared-storage-advice/68885/2 "2016-12-13T23:12:40Z")
We discourage this, let ES handle distribution.
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### Author:  [@Kernel\_Panic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kernel_Panic)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shared-storage-advice/68885/3 "2016-12-14T00:37:07Z")
Thank you very much.
Regards
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-shared-storage-advice/68885/4 "2017-01-11T00:37:09Z")
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