# Nonserving Replicas
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nonserving-replicas/11861
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 7, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nonserving-replicas/11861 "2013-05-07T18:59:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@jieren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jieren)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nonserving-replicas/11861/1 "2013-05-07T18:59:10Z")
Is it possible to create replicas that are non-serving, not loaded into
memory, and only used for recovery purposes?
Thanks!
Jieren
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nonserving-replicas/11861/2 "2013-05-07T20:02:04Z")
It sounds like the next snapshot and restore feature (1.0).
I don't know if it's doable as you described it. I don't think so.
My 2 cents
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Le 7 mai 2013 à 20:59, jieren [jieren@klout.com](mailto:jieren@klout.com) a écrit :
> Is it possible to create replicas that are non-serving, not loaded into memory, and only used for recovery purposes?
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> ## Thanks! Jieren
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### Author:  [@Yehuda\_Zargarov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yehuda_Zargarov)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nonserving-replicas/11861/3 "2013-05-07T20:17:53Z")
You can do that by disabling the replica (setting the
index.auto\_expand\_replicas to 'false' and enabling it back when you want).
Use the admin indices update settings:
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On Tuesday, May 7, 2013 9:59:10 PM UTC+3, jieren wrote:
> Is it possible to create replicas that are non-serving, not loaded into
> memory, and only used for recovery purposes?
>
> Thanks!
> Jieren
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nonserving-replicas/11861/4 "2017-07-06T02:37:51Z")