Using the same snapshot repository for SLM and Frozen Tier

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Hello all,

In my Elastic setup (ECK), I’ve already created a snapshot repository that I use for the Frozen data tier and searchable snapshots.
Now, I’d like to configure Snapshot Lifecycle Management (SLM) to automatically take snapshots of my cluster.

My question is: do I need to create a separate snapshot repository, or can I reuse the same one I’m already using for the Frozen tier?

Thanks a lot!

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Either is fine. If you use the same repository then Elasticsearch will deduplicate data across the two different kinds of snapshot, but some people prefer to duplicate their data across separate repositories for risk-management purposes.