# Master role does not switch automaticaly

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-role-does-not-switch-automaticaly/214213>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 8, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-role-does-not-switch-automaticaly/214213 "2020-01-08T10:52:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-role-does-not-switch-automaticaly/214213/16 "2020-01-20T09:32:56Z")

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> [@DavidTurner](#):
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> Do you mean that you have multiple entries in each node's `path.data` config? If so, how many?

Yes i got 20 drives in my elasticsearch config like that :

```auto
path.data : /data/data1,/data/data2,/data/data3,/data/data4,/data/data5,/data/data6,/data/data7,/data/data8,/data/data9,/data/data10,/data/data11,/data/data12,/data/data13,/data/data14,/data/data15,/data/data16,/data/data17,/data/data18,/data/data19,/data/data20

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