ES: 7.5 I have seen the recommendations in official documentation to 'avoid NFS' when using them as data directories for elasticsearch. I have also seen almost everywhere in the forums to 'avoid NFS' but couldn't find a proper explanation. Is it due to the fact that NFS is exported as a file sys…

Yes, latency is a big factor. Another is correctness: Elasticsearch expects the filesystem under the data path to act like a local filesystem, and uses some fairly advanced features that are typically not well supported by nonlocal storage. For instance it needs locking and atomic file creation to w…

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Why NFS is to be avoided for data directories

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dadoonet (David Pilato) January 16, 2020, 5:42am 2

Main reason to me is the latency.

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