# What is the best way to increase storage capacity?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-increase-storage-capacity/225489>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-increase-storage-capacity/225489 "2020-03-28T13:17:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Travis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/travis/32/54079_2.png) [@Travis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Travis)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-increase-storage-capacity/225489/1 "2020-03-28T13:17:46Z")

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Hello Elasticians !

I need to add more data to Elastic and didn't found clear information on Google or forums

So, what is for you the best way to achieve this and what are the impact ?

- extend actual disk ?

- attach another disk ?

- add more nodes ? (I heard that if I do that, I will have to use the same disk size than existing nodes have, you agree with that ?)

Do I wil have to reindex ou something like that impacting the production cluster ?

Thanks for your feedback ! 😉

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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:** [March 29, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-increase-storage-capacity/225489/2 "2020-03-29T23:53:58Z")

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Either extend the disks on the node(s) or add more nodes.

You do not need to reindex.

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**Author:** ![Travis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/travis/32/54079_2.png) [@Travis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Travis)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-increase-storage-capacity/225489/3 "2020-03-30T16:43:48Z")

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Thanks @warkolm ! Maybe it could be great to document this operation in official documentation as many users must have the same questions 😉

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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:** [April 27, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-increase-storage-capacity/225489/4 "2020-04-27T16:44:38Z")

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