# Is there a way to show shard data path on a node? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 28, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-shard-data-path-on-a-node/259759 "2020-12-28T21:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![linkerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@linkerc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linkerc)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-shard-data-path-on-a-node/259759/1 "2020-12-28T21:08:37Z")
I am in the process of validating using nodes with multiple disks. I need an easy way to have a high level idea where the shards are located. I typically use "GET /\_cat/allocation?v" to show the overall disk usage. Then use "GET \_cat/indices?v" & "GET \_cat/shards?v" to drill down if need to. Is there another simple call to show which datapath a shard is located within a node? Thanks. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-shard-data-path-on-a-node/259759/2 "2020-12-29T05:52:00Z")
Not that I am aware of. It's probably in the cluster state, you might be able to extract that with `jq` or similar, but that's just a guess I haven 't validated. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-show-shard-data-path-on-a-node/259759/3 "2021-01-26T05:52:14Z")
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