# What if difference between setting node.roles: \["data\_hot"\] vs node.attr.box\_type: hot?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-if-difference-between-setting-node-roles-data-hot-vs-node-attr-box-type-hot/337766>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 6, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-if-difference-between-setting-node-roles-data-hot-vs-node-attr-box-type-hot/337766 "2023-07-06T08:54:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![kuldeep\_gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kuldeep_gupta/32/88162_2.png) [@kuldeep\_gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kuldeep_gupta)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-if-difference-between-setting-node-roles-data-hot-vs-node-attr-box-type-hot/337766/1 "2023-07-06T08:54:37Z")

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What is the difference between node.roles:["data\_hot"] vs node.attr.box\_type: hot.

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**Author:** ![vincenbr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8edcca/32.png) [@vincenbr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vincenbr)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-if-difference-between-setting-node-roles-data-hot-vs-node-attr-box-type-hot/337766/2 "2023-07-06T09:52:19Z")

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Hi,  
data tiers are specified by node roles (instead of attributes) since version 7.10

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**Author:** ![kuldeep\_gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kuldeep_gupta/32/88162_2.png) [@kuldeep\_gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kuldeep_gupta)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-if-difference-between-setting-node-roles-data-hot-vs-node-attr-box-type-hot/337766/3 "2023-07-10T07:16:23Z")

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Ok Thanks

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**Author:** ![vincenbr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8edcca/32.png) [@vincenbr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vincenbr)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-if-difference-between-setting-node-roles-data-hot-vs-node-attr-box-type-hot/337766/4 "2023-07-11T16:27:15Z")

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You can still use nodes attributes for specific needs, but ILM policies natively rely on node roles for phase transitions.

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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:** [August 8, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-if-difference-between-setting-node-roles-data-hot-vs-node-attr-box-type-hot/337766/5 "2023-08-08T16:28:08Z")

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