# Switching data paths

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/switching-data-paths/23840>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 17, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/switching-data-paths/23840 "2015-06-17T13:07:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/switching-data-paths/23840/1 "2015-06-17T13:07:08Z")

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So I will be copying my data from one disk to another and pointing ES to the new disk. Do I just follow the same rolling upgrade process?

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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 18, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/switching-data-paths/23840/2 "2015-06-18T02:51:17Z")

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That should work, yes. Make sure you have a backup though!

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**Author:** ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/switching-data-paths/23840/3 "2015-06-18T17:30:55Z")

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Yes! I confirm it works! Just copying the data over so the other disk is still around for now.

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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, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/switching-data-paths/23840/4 "2017-07-06T00:06:39Z")

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