# Read file based index into memory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-file-based-index-into-memory/5380>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 14, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-file-based-index-into-memory/5380 "2011-09-14T05:32:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![anahap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anahap/32/1503_2.png) [@anahap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anahap)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-file-based-index-into-memory/5380/1 "2011-09-14T05:32:22Z")

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Hi  
Is there a way to read an exisisting file based index into a memory  
based index, so that it does'nt have to be created from scratch?

Thanks

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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:** [September 14, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-file-based-index-into-memory/5380/2 "2011-09-14T07:57:17Z")

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What are you trying to do?

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:32 AM, anahap [andy@nahapetian.com](mailto:andy@nahapetian.com) wrote:

> Hi  
> Is there a way to read an exisisting file based index into a memory  
> based index, so that it does'nt have to be created from scratch?
> 
> Thanks

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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, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-file-based-index-into-memory/5380/3 "2017-07-06T03:54:26Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:54am UTC