# Why NFS is to be avoided for data directories

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-nfs-is-to-be-avoided-for-data-directories/215240>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-nfs-is-to-be-avoided-for-data-directories/215240 "2020-01-16T05:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-nfs-is-to-be-avoided-for-data-directories/215240/2 "2020-01-16T05:42:06Z")

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Main reason to me is the latency.

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