# \[ES-1.4.2\] Snapshot FS Repository directory structure

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-4-2-snapshot-fs-repository-directory-structure/22181>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 16, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-4-2-snapshot-fs-repository-directory-structure/22181 "2015-02-16T08:04:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-1-4-2-snapshot-fs-repository-directory-structure/22181/3 "2015-02-16T09:43:36Z")

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If I understand you correctly, the monthly/weekly repository will get  
purged when we decide to, right?

Another solution crossed my mind:  
Thinking of HDFS, which I'm not so familiar with, but is there some kind of  
HDFS node which is similar to ES node which is not a master nor a data?  
This way all snapshot will go through a HDFS 'gateway' node to outside of  
our prod env.

On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 11:30:14 AM UTC+2, Mark Walkom wrote:

> In these sorts of cases it may make sense to have a repo for a week/months  
> worth of snapshots, then just retain however much you need in these rolling  
> repos. Kind of like what LS does for its indices.
> 
> Regarding deleting the files, take a look at  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/backing-up-your-cluster.html#_deleting_snapshots)
> 
> On 16 February 2015 at 19:04, Yarden Bar \<  
> [yar...@astoncapitalmanagement.com](mailto:yar...@astoncapitalmanagement.com) \<javascript:\>\> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,  
> > We're using the snapshot API to backup our ES cluster and as time  
> > advances, the repository storage utilization is growing.  
> > Currently I use 'rsync' to copy snapshot repository data outside of our  
> > production environment, but eventually I'd need to delete some snapshots to  
> > free space for new ones.
> > 
> > The repository keeps files like 'index', 'snapshot-\*' and 'metadata-'  
> > files and I suspect that deleting these files will fail the repository from  
> > being functional.
> > 
> > Is there a way that i can 'rsync' the snapshot repository to another  
> > location and delete the existing snapshots?  
> > Can I delete that snapshot data itself (the 'indices' directory the  
> > resides in the repository) without damaging the repository itself?
> > 
> > Thanks for any idea,  
> > Yarden
> > 
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