# Nodes stats - fs, only path.data being included?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-stats-fs-only-path-data-being-included/7029>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 16, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-stats-fs-only-path-data-being-included/7029 "2012-03-16T13:19:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-stats-fs-only-path-data-being-included/7029/1 "2012-03-16T13:19:48Z")

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Hi,

I have been looking at NodeStats / FsStats and as far as I understand only  
'path.data' is being reported (REST API, JMX). Would it make sense to  
include also 'path.work' if it can play any role in system performance in  
general? I do not know what kind of data is stores in work directory but if  
IO performance can impact search or index operations, it would be useful to  
see this information in FsStats as well.

Regards,  
Lukas

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-stats-fs-only-path-data-being-included/7029/2 "2012-03-16T16:55:43Z")

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path.work doesn't really affect anything critical, its just ES "tmp"  
location, and is hardly used.

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Lukáš Vlček [lukas.vlcek@gmail.com](mailto:lukas.vlcek@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have been looking at NodeStats / FsStats and as far as I understand only  
> 'path.data' is being reported (REST API, JMX). Would it make sense to  
> include also 'path.work' if it can play any role in system performance in  
> general? I do not know what kind of data is stores in work directory but if  
> IO performance can impact search or index operations, it would be useful to  
> see this information in FsStats as well.
> 
> Regards,  
> Lukas

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-stats-fs-only-path-data-being-included/7029/3 "2017-07-06T03:35:55Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:35am UTC