Well the translog isn't really data like an index is, however you raise a valid point if this is the behaviour.
Is it a problem for you to have them there or just a point of interest? On 27 February 2015 at 01:58, Hervé Bry <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Community, > > I noticed a strange behavior while setting up my ES 1.4.4 cluster: the > transactions logs seem to be stored at the wrong place. > > I start ES using the option --default.path.data=/var/lib/elasticsearch > (default setting when using deb packages). > Then, in /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml, I change the data path for > 4 SSD : > > path.data: > - /data/self/1 > - /data/self/2 > - /data/self/3 > - /data/self/4 > > When I create an index and start pushing data, the shards are correctly > created on my SSD > (/data/self/*/clustername/nodes/0/indices/indexname/*/index/*) but the > transaction logs are created in > /var/lib/elasticsearch/clustername/nodes/0/indices/indexname/*/translog/translog-*. > > > It seems like the config file did correctly override the data path setting > for the shards but not for the transactions logs. > > Did I miss something or is it a bug ? > > Regards, > > Hervé BRY > System Administrator > www.geneanet.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72e5ff83-c4e0-42c5-b3ff-2dd3ef41b352%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72e5ff83-c4e0-42c5-b3ff-2dd3ef41b352%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X9%3DFTtgUULodnm_OVSJDDY%3D%3Dqpgio%3DALQ618hv830gY%3DA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
