# Sneakernet data transfer **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 8, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sneakernet-data-transfer/4576 "2011-06-08T15:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DarbyM\_](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@DarbyM\_](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DarbyM_)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sneakernet-data-transfer/4576/1 "2011-06-08T15:34:22Z")
Is it possible to copy an index to media (external hard drive, etc) and reload the data into a clone cluster? ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sneakernet-data-transfer/4576/2 "2011-06-08T15:49:47Z")
Yes, this is possible (mainly also thanks to the new disable flushing flag in 0.16.2). The process should be, disable flushing on all indices, copy over the data directories of all nodes, and then re-enable flushing. On Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 6:34 PM, DarbyM\_ wrote: > Is it possible to copy an index to media (external hard drive, etc) > and reload the data into a clone cluster? ---
**Author:** ![jrawlings](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jrawlings/32/3183_2.png) [@jrawlings](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jrawlings)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sneakernet-data-transfer/4576/3 "2011-06-08T16:51:34Z")
Same cluster? On Jun 8, 8:49 am, Shay Banon [shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com) wrote: > Yes, this is possible (mainly also thanks to the new disable flushing flag in 0.16.2). The process should be, disable flushing on all indices, copy over the data directories of all nodes, and then re-enable flushing. > > On Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 6:34 PM, DarbyM\_ wrote: > > > Is it possible to copy an index to media (external hard drive, etc) > > and reload the data into a clone cluster? ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sneakernet-data-transfer/4576/4 "2011-06-08T17:16:06Z")
The data location is stored under data/[cluster\_name], if you want to change the cluster name, you need to make sure to rename that directory to the cluster name you copy to. On Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Joe Rawlings wrote: > Same cluster? > > On Jun 8, 8:49 am, Shay Banon \<[shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com) ([http://elasticsearch.com](http://elasticsearch.com))\> wrote: > > > Yes, this is possible (mainly also thanks to the new disable flushing flag in 0.16.2). The process should be, disable flushing on all indices, copy over the data directories of all nodes, and then re-enable flushing. > > > > On Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 6:34 PM, DarbyM\_ wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to copy an index to media (external hard drive, etc) > > > and reload the data into a clone cluster? ---
**Author:** ![fashionalwallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@fashionalwallet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fashionalwallet)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sneakernet-data-transfer/4576/5 "2011-06-09T09:05:31Z")
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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, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sneakernet-data-transfer/4576/6 "2017-07-06T04:04:21Z")