# Relocate shards in local disks

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relocate-shards-in-local-disks/34612>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 15, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relocate-shards-in-local-disks/34612 "2015-11-15T09:33:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![shaharmor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@shaharmor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaharmor)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relocate-shards-in-local-disks/34612/1 "2015-11-15T09:33:09Z")

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Hi,

I have multiple ES (1.5) servers with multiple disks.  
I have added an additional disk to all of the servers and i want ES to relocate the shards so that the new disk will take an equal % of current storage usage.

For example:  
before:  
disk1 - 75%  
disk2 - 75%

after:  
disk1 - 50%  
disk2 - 50%  
disk3 - 50%

Preferably by smartly moving shards (I.E not have multiple replicas on same disk, moving equal # of primaries to all disks).

Is that possible?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relocate-shards-in-local-disks/34612/2 "2015-11-16T03:36:27Z")

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Not with 1.5 as it can spread a single shard across multiple disks.  
2.0 handles this better.

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**Author:** ![jnaegele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@jnaegele](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jnaegele)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relocate-shards-in-local-disks/34612/3 "2016-06-23T16:44:39Z")

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Hi @warkolm ,

Rather than start a new thread for the same topic, I'll ask here:

In ES 2.3.x, how would one move a shard from one local disk to another?

I have two equal-sized disks attached, both configured as data paths, but one was just added and is empty. I want to move 1 of the 2 shards on the older disk to the newer disk (to improve I/O throughput).

Thanks

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relocate-shards-in-local-disks/34612/4 "2016-06-23T22:35:18Z")

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You cannot.

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**Author:** ![shaharmor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@shaharmor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaharmor)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relocate-shards-in-local-disks/34612/5 "2016-09-26T13:33:37Z")

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Is there any update for this? Will it ever be solved?

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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 5, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relocate-shards-in-local-disks/34612/6 "2017-07-05T22:17:17Z")

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