# Why do i see multiple nodes in the data folder

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-i-see-multiple-nodes-in-the-data-folder/295040>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 21, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-i-see-multiple-nodes-in-the-data-folder/295040 "2022-01-21T09:20:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saravana37](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saravana37/32/85237_2.png) [@Saravana37](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saravana37)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-i-see-multiple-nodes-in-the-data-folder/295040/1 "2022-01-21T09:20:20Z")

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Hello ,

I have upgraded Elasticsearch last month twice to fix log4j vulnerability . In EMEA i see only one folder and used disk space is 400GB. But in NAFTA i see 3 folders under node and overall it is consuming 750GB where 2 other nodes last modified date shows a long back. Please help to sort it out.

 ![nodes_nafta](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/c/4c95b23a24ccbfb9408021f2b4bb02e21ae57bd9.jpeg)  
 ![nodes_emea](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/a/7acf65058c21ddc3d87f8c329bf13b6d205e8d51.jpeg)

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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:** [January 23, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-i-see-multiple-nodes-in-the-data-folder/295040/2 "2022-01-23T23:44:45Z")

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It's not clear what EMEA of NAFTA have to do with this sorry?

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**Author:** ![Saravana37](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saravana37/32/85237_2.png) [@Saravana37](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saravana37)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-i-see-multiple-nodes-in-the-data-folder/295040/3 "2022-01-24T05:09:04Z")

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Hello @warkolm ,

Sorry for the confusion. Those are 2 different environments i mean. In one environment i see 3 node folders (Where i see more disk utilization) and another one has only 1. Can you please help now.

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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:** [January 24, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-i-see-multiple-nodes-in-the-data-folder/295040/4 "2022-01-24T05:10:53Z")

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It looks like you have multiple nodes sharing the same mount space. Or, there was more than one node spun up with the same mount, and Elasticsearch created a new directory under `nodes` so that it didn't over write existing directories.

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**Author:** ![Saravana37](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saravana37/32/85237_2.png) [@Saravana37](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saravana37)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-i-see-multiple-nodes-in-the-data-folder/295040/5 "2022-01-24T05:49:49Z")

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Correct @warkolm , As i said i have upgraded thrice . Is there any way that i can find which node is currently being used ?

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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:** [February 21, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-i-see-multiple-nodes-in-the-data-folder/295040/6 "2022-02-21T05:50:32Z")

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