# Is it safe to ingest data while tiebreaker node is stopped?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-ingest-data-while-tiebreaker-node-is-stopped/299708>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 15, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-ingest-data-while-tiebreaker-node-is-stopped/299708 "2022-03-15T09:26:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Conor\_Hennessy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/conor_hennessy/32/91354_2.png) [@Conor\_Hennessy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Conor_Hennessy)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-ingest-data-while-tiebreaker-node-is-stopped/299708/1 "2022-03-15T09:26:39Z")

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Hi,

I have an Elastic Cloud deployment with two data nodes and a tiebreaker node. The tiebreaker node was stopped during a deployment configuration change, and I can't seem to restart it. The data nodes are still operating fine, so meanwhile I would like to ingest data there and keep working.  
Is it safe to ingest a quite large (30gb) amount of data while the tiebreaker node is paused?

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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:** [April 12, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-safe-to-ingest-data-while-tiebreaker-node-is-stopped/299708/2 "2022-04-12T09:27:39Z")

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