# How do i find the store type of elastic search index?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-find-the-store-type-of-elastic-search-index/24335
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 25, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-find-the-store-type-of-elastic-search-index/24335 "2015-06-25T12:49:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@skdangi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skdangi)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-find-the-store-type-of-elastic-search-index/24335/1 "2015-06-25T12:49:56Z")
When I send the http request - http://://\_settings , I don't get the store type of my index. I haven't set any store type for the cluster. But I want to know what the elasticcluster chose the store type for my cluster. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 machine and oracle jre 1.7.
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### Author:  [@mkelkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkelkar)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-find-the-store-type-of-elastic-search-index/24335/2 "2015-06-25T20:36:43Z")
its Hybrid (niofs/mmapfs). More details here - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-modules-store.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-modules-store.html).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-find-the-store-type-of-elastic-search-index/24335/3 "2017-07-06T00:05:21Z")