# Multipath and 3 several disks

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multipath-and-3-several-disks/227202>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multipath-and-3-several-disks/227202 "2020-04-08T19:49:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![elastic\_user1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@elastic\_user1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic_user1)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multipath-and-3-several-disks/227202/1 "2020-04-08T19:49:03Z")

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I am using a single node for logging purposes. I have got 3 disks of different size, the first one smaller than the other ones. The first one has capacity of 1 Tb and the others 3 Tb. I want to use them in multipath. Can I have three primary shards for index or should I prefer one shard for index?

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**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multipath-and-3-several-disks/227202/2 "2020-04-09T00:45:48Z")

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I don't think there is any control on how allocation happens on multi path disk. I think I would just merge the space with LVM into a single logical volume.

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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:** [May 7, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multipath-and-3-several-disks/227202/3 "2020-05-07T00:45:53Z")

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