# How to move part of the elastic snapshots into another disk

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-part-of-the-elastic-snapshots-into-another-disk/228780>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 20, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-part-of-the-elastic-snapshots-into-another-disk/228780 "2020-04-20T04:44:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-part-of-the-elastic-snapshots-into-another-disk/228780/1 "2020-04-20T04:44:10Z")

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Hi,

I am thinking if it is possible to move the part of elastic snapshots into another disk if we have a disk size problem?

Think about this, we have a requirement to back up the last 14 days data, it if longer than 14 days, we need to move the backup to somewhere else, but how should I move those old snapshots into other places? The folder structure seems optimized by elastic, and I can't just copy the backup that I want to have.

One of the options could be create a different repo, for example, two repos per month, so that I can move one of the repo outside of my disk.

Any better solution?

Thanks in advance.

Br,  
Tm

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-part-of-the-elastic-snapshots-into-another-disk/228780/2 "2020-05-18T04:44:12Z")

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