# Use SAN for Warm Data Nodes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-san-for-warm-data-nodes/148339>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 12, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-san-for-warm-data-nodes/148339 "2018-09-12T13:52:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![samwzm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@samwzm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samwzm)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-san-for-warm-data-nodes/148339/1 "2018-09-12T13:52:26Z")

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Hi, there,

Is it possible to use SAN for warm data nodes for data storage? Any suggestions/considerations for doing that?

Thanks for any help!  
Sam

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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:** [September 13, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-san-for-warm-data-nodes/148339/2 "2018-09-13T00:22:30Z")

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It's possible, you may want to make sure it can handle the load though.

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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:** [October 11, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-san-for-warm-data-nodes/148339/3 "2018-10-11T00:35:57Z")

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