# S3 Storage **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Search\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-storage/374250 "2025-02-08T08:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sthsth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sthsth/32/141241_2.png) [@Sthsth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sthsth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-storage/374250/1 "2025-02-08T08:22:18Z")
Hello, is it possible to use only S3 for indexes storage? ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-storage/374250/2 "2025-02-08T10:06:57Z")
No, it is not. You will need a node with local storage for indexing but can offload indices to S3 through [searchable snapshots](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/searchable-snapshots.html) once they are read-only, but that is a commercial feature. The node handling the searchable snapshot does still require local disk for caching though, although all indices are stored on S3. [Elastic Cloud Serverless](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/serverless/current/intro.html) only charges for data stored in S3, so is close to what you are asking for, but that is a managed service. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-storage/374250/3 "2025-03-08T10:07:13Z")
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