# Es 1.3.2, filesystem snapshot question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-3-2-filesystem-snapshot-question/20717>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 12, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-3-2-filesystem-snapshot-question/20717 "2014-11-12T21:42:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![bitsofinfo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bitsofinfo/32/459_2.png) [@bitsofinfo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bitsofinfo)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-3-2-filesystem-snapshot-question/20717/1 "2014-11-12T21:42:01Z")

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I have a cluster (1.3.2) of 10 data nodes and 5 master nodes.

I want to take a snapshot of one index.

I'd like to configure a new "fs" snapshot "mybackupdir" where the  
"location" is ONLY accessible from the node (master node) I am issuing the  
snapshot creation PUT against.

Next, if I issue a snapshot PUT for "mybackupdir/backup1" against the  
master node where that location is indeed accessible, will this work? Does  
the node that gets the snapshot request pull all the shard data from the  
data nodes over to itself and write them to the snapshot dir on disk? Or  
does each data-node responsible for each shard attempt to write to that  
same location? (thereby requiring that the snapshot "location" be  
accessible by all 15 nodes...)

I ask this because I have a cluster that spans two data-centers and they  
don't all have access to a globally available NFS share where I could have  
a common mount path for the snapshots root

thanks

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-3-2-filesystem-snapshot-question/20717/2 "2017-07-06T00:50:23Z")

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