# Searchable Snapshot vs Restore Snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshot-vs-restore-snapshot/308726>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-searchable-snapshots, snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [July 2, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshot-vs-restore-snapshot/308726 "2022-07-02T16:24:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tomiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tomiko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomiko)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshot-vs-restore-snapshot/308726/1 "2022-07-02T16:24:28Z")

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As written in the [docs of searchable snapshot](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.17/ilm-searchable-snapshot.html#ilm-searchable-snapshot) : "Mounting and relocating the shards of searchable snapshot indices involves copying the shard contents from the snapshot repository".

So how it's different from restore the snapshot ?

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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:** [July 3, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshot-vs-restore-snapshot/308726/2 "2022-07-03T23:24:11Z")

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Because once you've taken the snapshot it is automatically searchable.  
A standard snapshot needs to be taken, stored and then restored to be searchable.

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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 31, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshot-vs-restore-snapshot/308726/3 "2022-07-31T23:24:48Z")

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