# Remote reindex with wildcard to multiple indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remote-reindex-with-wildcard-to-multiple-indices/318552>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** painless\
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remote-reindex-with-wildcard-to-multiple-indices/318552 "2022-11-09T15:04:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remote-reindex-with-wildcard-to-multiple-indices/318552/7 "2022-11-10T07:22:25Z")

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Using snapshot and restore will likely be faster and require less resources than reindexing.

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