# Using logstash File Input to monitor files on a network share

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-logstash-file-input-to-monitor-files-on-a-network-share/182
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 5, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-logstash-file-input-to-monitor-files-on-a-network-share/182 "2015-05-05T07:06:21Z")
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#### Post date: [May 6, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-logstash-file-input-to-monitor-files-on-a-network-share/182/2 "2015-05-06T19:30:20Z")

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Reading files from network shares is OK with Logstash's file input. 🙂

One thing to be aware of: Some network filesystems (nfs) have aggressive client-side caching that cause Logstash to be lied to about the state of the file - this caching prevents Logstash from detecting new changes in files on those nfs mounts.

For windows, Samba/CIFS I think, I can't recall anyone having trouble with this, so it should work fine. Of course, let us know if you find otherwise 😄

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