# Options to Backup data from ElasticSearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 15, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/options-to-backup-data-from-elasticsearch/52872 "2016-06-15T13:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ramkchirra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@ramkchirra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ramkchirra)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/options-to-backup-data-from-elasticsearch/52872/1 "2016-06-15T13:53:27Z")
Hi, We are having ElasticSearch (ES) setup where a new index is created daily. We want to have backup of data which is older than a month to some external storage. Can anyone please suggest options to do this effectively? Thanks, RK ---
**Author:** ![ywelsch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ywelsch/32/7751_2.png) [@ywelsch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ywelsch)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/options-to-backup-data-from-elasticsearch/52872/2 "2016-06-15T14:02:53Z")
The [snapshot / restore](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html) API provides a range of backends for this. ---
**Author:** ![ramkchirra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@ramkchirra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ramkchirra)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/options-to-backup-data-from-elasticsearch/52872/3 "2016-06-15T14:58:42Z")
Thanks for the quick reply !! it really helps ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/options-to-backup-data-from-elasticsearch/52872/4 "2017-07-05T22:43:37Z")