# How the real data is stored in data disk?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-real-data-is-stored-in-data-disk/267476>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-real-data-is-stored-in-data-disk/267476 "2021-03-17T10:49:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-real-data-is-stored-in-data-disk/267476/2 "2021-03-22T01:58:46Z")

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Is this related to [How much disk storage required to take backup of index which is having 300GB?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-much-disk-storage-required-to-take-backup-of-index-which-is-having-300gb/267424)?

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