# Snapshotting ElasticSearch on local FS (no NFS)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshotting-elasticsearch-on-local-fs-no-nfs/1975>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 4, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshotting-elasticsearch-on-local-fs-no-nfs/1975 "2015-06-04T23:23:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![maniksurtani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/maniksurtani/32/527_2.png) [@maniksurtani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maniksurtani)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshotting-elasticsearch-on-local-fs-no-nfs/1975/1 "2015-06-04T23:23:38Z")

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Has anyone tried this? Is this supposed to work? I've had issues with trying to run `/_snapshot` on a directory that isn't on a shared FS.

I get `store location [/.../directory/.../] is not shared between node (… nodes … )` which suggests that NFS is _required_. Is it?

Error msg: [http://pastie.org/10224174#2](http://pastie.org/10224174#2)

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**Author:** ![andrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andrew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrew)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshotting-elasticsearch-on-local-fs-no-nfs/1975/2 "2015-06-04T23:39:12Z")

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Hi,

Yes, the "fs" repository type requires a shared file system to work, such as NFS. The documentation is available at:[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#\_repositories](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#_repositories).

Hope that helps.

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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 5, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshotting-elasticsearch-on-local-fs-no-nfs/1975/3 "2015-06-05T22:46:50Z")

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See [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/6638](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/6638) for more on local FS snapshots.

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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 6, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshotting-elasticsearch-on-local-fs-no-nfs/1975/4 "2017-07-06T00:09:19Z")

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