# 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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**Author:** ![haizaar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@haizaar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/haizaar)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-cluster-metadata-is-stored/44540/9 "2016-04-04T22:09:14Z")

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I did some testing [here](http://tech.zarmory.com/2016/04/persistent-storage-for-elasticsearch.html). While ES was able recover "dangling" indexes and transient settings just fine, this is only one simple scenario that I have tested.

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