# Only 2 of 3 ES data drives are being utilized
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-2-of-3-es-data-drives-are-being-utilized/8862
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 27, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-2-of-3-es-data-drives-are-being-utilized/8862 "2012-08-27T20:42:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Logan\_Hardy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Logan_Hardy)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-2-of-3-es-data-drives-are-being-utilized/8862/1 "2012-08-27T20:42:44Z")
I'm testing elasticsearch 0.19.8 on a 8 node cluster. Each node has three
physical drives but only two of the three drives have a significant amount
of data being written to them even though all three are specified by
path.data: in elasticsearch.yml. /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch and
/hadoopdata3/elasticsearch are being written to as
expected. /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch does not seem to have anything
substantial written to the indices directories. I'm sure I'm just missing
something basic, any ideas? See examples below. FYI I'm using
a decommissioned HBase cluster for our tests in case you were wondering
about the directories I'm using for ES data.
from elasticsearch.yml
path.data:
/hadoopdata1/elasticsearch,/hadoopdata2/elasticsearch,/hadoopdata3/elasticsearch
[root@HDEBS1 0]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 95G 11G 79G 13% /
/dev/sda6 1.2T 81G 1.1T 7% /hadoopdata1
/dev/sdb1 1.4T 132G 1.2T 11% /hadoopdata2
/dev/sdc1 1.4T 154G 1.2T 12% /hadoopdata3
/dev/sda3 48G 190M 45G 1% /tmp
/dev/sda1 99M 24M 71M 25% /boot
tmpfs 5.9G 0 5.9G 0% /dev/shm
[root@HDEBS1 config]# du -sh /hadoopdata\*/elasticsearch
2.1M /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch
54G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch
73G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch
[root@HDEBS1 0]# du -sh /hadoopdata\*/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/\*
36K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/foo
276K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120819
204K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120822
372K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120823
372K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120824
396K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120825
12K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test
60K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test2
32K /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/foo
4.0G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120819
7.2G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120822
15G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120823
12G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120824
17G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120825
12K /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test
52K /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test2
40K /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/foo
18G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120819
9.9G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120822
15G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120823
15G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120824
16G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120825
12K /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test
64K /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test2
Any help at all would be very appreciated.
Cheers,
Logan
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### Author:  [@Logan\_Hardy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Logan_Hardy)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-2-of-3-es-data-drives-are-being-utilized/8862/2 "2012-08-28T20:30:44Z")
Has anyone actually tried using 3 drives per node?
Logan
On Monday, August 27, 2012 2:42:44 PM UTC-6, Logan Hardy wrote:
> I'm testing elasticsearch 0.19.8 on a 8 node cluster. Each node has three
> physical drives but only two of the three drives have a significant amount
> of data being written to them even though all three are specified by
> path.data: in elasticsearch.yml. /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch and
> /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch are being written to as
> expected. /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch does not seem to have anything
> substantial written to the indices directories. I'm sure I'm just missing
> something basic, any ideas? See examples below. FYI I'm using
> a decommissioned HBase cluster for our tests in case you were wondering
> about the directories I'm using for ES data.
>
> from elasticsearch.yml
> path.data:
> /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch,/hadoopdata2/elasticsearch,/hadoopdata3/elasticsearch
>
> [root@HDEBS1 0]# df -h
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda2 95G 11G 79G 13% /
> /dev/sda6 1.2T 81G 1.1T 7% /hadoopdata1
> /dev/sdb1 1.4T 132G 1.2T 11% /hadoopdata2
> /dev/sdc1 1.4T 154G 1.2T 12% /hadoopdata3
> /dev/sda3 48G 190M 45G 1% /tmp
> /dev/sda1 99M 24M 71M 25% /boot
> tmpfs 5.9G 0 5.9G 0% /dev/shm
>
> [root@HDEBS1 config]# du -sh /hadoopdata\*/elasticsearch
> 2.1M /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch
> 54G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch
> 73G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch
>
> [root@HDEBS1 0]# du -sh /hadoopdata\*/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/\*
> 36K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/foo
> 276K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120819
> 204K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120822
> 372K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120823
> 372K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120824
> 396K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120825
> 12K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test
> 60K /hadoopdata1/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test2
> 32K /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/foo
> 4.0G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120819
> 7.2G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120822
> 15G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120823
> 12G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120824
> 17G /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120825
> 12K /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test
> 52K /hadoopdata2/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test2
> 40K /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/foo
> 18G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120819
> 9.9G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120822
> 15G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120823
> 15G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120824
> 16G /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_20120825
> 12K /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test
> 64K /hadoopdata3/elasticsearch/hdebes/nodes/0/indices/users\_test2
>
> Any help at all would be very appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Logan
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-2-of-3-es-data-drives-are-being-utilized/8862/3 "2017-07-06T03:14:47Z")