# Selectable data directory when deploying nodes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selectable-data-directory-when-deploying-nodes/68741>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\
**Created:** [December 12, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selectable-data-directory-when-deploying-nodes/68741 "2016-12-12T17:20:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pemontto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pemontto/32/3908_2.png) [@pemontto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pemontto)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selectable-data-directory-when-deploying-nodes/68741/1 "2016-12-12T17:20:33Z")

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I've run up an Elastic cloud environment and it's working well so far.  
Our hardware nodes have a mix of SSD and spinning disk and what I would like to be able to do is specify a data directory, or have a pre-configured dropdown to choose a data directory. This way I could choose to have a hot or cold storage node on the same host and be able to utilise all the disks while maintaining performance for the hot nodes.

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**Author:** ![alexbrasetvik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexbrasetvik/32/15538_2.png) [@alexbrasetvik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexbrasetvik)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selectable-data-directory-when-deploying-nodes/68741/2 "2016-12-12T23:02:27Z")

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Hi,

This is currently not supported but may be added in the future.

Having different node types run on separate allocators, e.g. an allocator for hot and an allocator for warm nodes, is on our roadmap.

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**Author:** ![pemontto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pemontto/32/3908_2.png) [@pemontto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pemontto)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selectable-data-directory-when-deploying-nodes/68741/3 "2016-12-13T12:28:08Z")

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Thanks for the prompt response. Where should I be opening issues related to bugs, I couldn't see a github repo specifically for cloud enterprise?

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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:** [December 16, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selectable-data-directory-when-deploying-nodes/68741/4 "2016-12-16T12:28:35Z")

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