# Why does elasticsearch assign shards to cold nodes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-elasticsearch-assign-shards-to-cold-nodes/306774 "2022-06-09T09:04:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wajika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-elasticsearch-assign-shards-to-cold-nodes/306774/1 "2022-06-09T09:04:19Z")
elk: 7.17.3 01-03 nodes I want to use for hot data search and storage and 04-05 nodes as cold and frozen nodes. I have read the es documentation. By default, the data of the collector will be sent to the data\_content node. The 04-05 node is not configured with the data\_content role. Why can it still be allocated to fragmented data? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/0/10dd3fe690f8d81006761110cf6ffa2faa159a77.png) I guess it keeps the cluster and some metadata, but looking at the screenshot, it should contain shard data. ```auto ip name node.role 10.120.0.8 es-node04 cd 10.120.0.14 es-node02 dhilmrstw 10.120.0.38 es-node05 cd 10.120.0.10 es-node03 dhilmrstw 10.120.0.30 es-node01 dhilmrstw ``` I want to achieve this, all data is stored on hot nodes and only migrated to cold nodes after N days, during which time cold nodes should not save shards. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-elasticsearch-assign-shards-to-cold-nodes/306774/2 "2022-07-07T09:04:24Z")
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