From e17938b984b8629c3cbe0fff3a9152bfe147b72c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Dyson Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 11:00:06 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] More detail for storage class A clean PR from original reference PR with discussion here: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/31420 --- docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc b/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc index b065951856a45..2d1c9f10a7f47 100644 --- a/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc +++ b/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc @@ -208,8 +208,12 @@ The following settings are supported: `storage_class`:: - Sets the S3 storage class type for the backup files. Values may be - `standard`, `reduced_redundancy`, `standard_ia`. Defaults to `standard`. + Sets the S3 storage class for objects stored in the snapshot repository. + Values may be `standard`, `reduced_redundancy`, `standard_ia`. + Defaults to `standard`. Changing this setting on an existing repository + only affects the storage class for newly created objects, resulting in a + mixed usage of storage classes. Additionally, S3 Lifecycle Policies can + be used to manage the storage class of existing objects. Due to the extra complexity with the Glacier class lifecycle, it is not currently supported by the plugin. For more information about the different classes, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/storage-class-intro.html[AWS Storage Classes Guide]