# Where cluster metadata is stored?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-cluster-metadata-is-stored/44540>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 16, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-cluster-metadata-is-stored/44540 "2016-03-16T10:19:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-cluster-metadata-is-stored/44540/3 "2016-03-16T12:11:44Z")

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Thanks Martijn.

By "data directory of each node in the cluster", do you mean only nodes that have node.data param set to true or literally every node including masters and clients?

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