# How to configure elasticsearch to save its runtime files on another drive

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-elasticsearch-to-save-its-runtime-files-on-another-drive/23850>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 17, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-elasticsearch-to-save-its-runtime-files-on-another-drive/23850 "2015-06-17T15:00:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![eylons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eylons](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eylons)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-elasticsearch-to-save-its-runtime-files-on-another-drive/23850/1 "2015-06-17T15:00:35Z")

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I get : "high disk watermark exceeded"  
I believe it happens since my hard disk is 90% full,  
I added a disk drive and mount it to /disk2

How can I point elastic search to work from now on on this drive?

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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:** [June 18, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-elasticsearch-to-save-its-runtime-files-on-another-drive/23850/2 "2015-06-18T02:47:36Z")

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You want to configure `path.data`, then copy your existing data over to the new location.

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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, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-elasticsearch-to-save-its-runtime-files-on-another-drive/23850/3 "2017-07-06T00:06:52Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:06am UTC