# Data storage in weaviate

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/data-storage-in-weaviate/1917>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 5, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/data-storage-in-weaviate/1917 "2024-04-05T14:10:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mariam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/mariam/32/425_2.png) [@Mariam](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Mariam)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/data-storage-in-weaviate/1917/1 "2024-04-05T14:10:19Z")

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### Description

“Is it feasible to deploy Weaviate via Docker on separate (server) machines while utilizing shared data storage?”

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/data-storage-in-weaviate/1917/2 "2024-04-05T20:57:50Z")

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Hi @Mariam ! Welcome to our community 🙂

As long as Weaviate can read and write at the folder defined under `PERSISTENCE_DATA_PATH` it should work.

If you mean sharing the exact same folder for multiple nodes, this is not advised, as some files will overlap and render some unexpected behaviors.

Let me know if this helps 🙂

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Mariam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/mariam/32/425_2.png) [@Mariam](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Mariam)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/data-storage-in-weaviate/1917/3 "2024-04-08T07:00:37Z")

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Hi, @DudaNogueira , thanks for your response : 👍  
I have multiple servers. I want to install Weaviate on each of my servers, but all of them pointing to a single database or a data store. Can you suggest the best posisble way to do this? 🤔

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/data-storage-in-weaviate/1917/4 "2024-04-12T13:46:51Z")

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Hi! Unfortunately I would know this ☹

A rule of thumb is to rely this to K8s, as it will better manage those. This would be more of a devops, that I am not proficient at.

Thanks!