# To take snapshot in cluster without NFS?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-take-snapshot-in-cluster-without-nfs/109324>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 28, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-take-snapshot-in-cluster-without-nfs/109324 "2017-11-28T07:45:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![MuthuRamalingam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MuthuRamalingam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MuthuRamalingam)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-take-snapshot-in-cluster-without-nfs/109324/1 "2017-11-28T07:45:44Z")

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I have a multinode setup in my local. I need to take snapshot without nfs.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-take-snapshot-in-cluster-without-nfs/109324/2 "2017-11-28T07:56:25Z")

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All nodes in the cluster need access to the same repository in order to create a snapshot, but in addition to a shared filesystem there is also support for HDFS and S3, so you may be able to use one of those.

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**Author:** ![MuthuRamalingam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MuthuRamalingam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MuthuRamalingam)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-take-snapshot-in-cluster-without-nfs/109324/3 "2017-11-28T08:05:14Z")

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Is it possible to create snapshot in local for multinode without Shared File systems?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-take-snapshot-in-cluster-without-nfs/109324/4 "2017-11-28T08:06:01Z")

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No, as far as I know it is not.

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**Author:** ![MuthuRamalingam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@MuthuRamalingam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MuthuRamalingam)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-take-snapshot-in-cluster-without-nfs/109324/5 "2017-11-28T08:07:47Z")

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Thanks for ur reply.

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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 26, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/to-take-snapshot-in-cluster-without-nfs/109324/6 "2017-12-26T08:07:49Z")

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