# Is distributed storage required?

**URL:** <https://community.dremio.com/t/is-distributed-storage-required/12525>\
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**Created:** [November 19, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/is-distributed-storage-required/12525 "2024-11-19T08:52:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Odrai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Odrai](https://community.dremio.com/u/Odrai)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/is-distributed-storage-required/12525/1 "2024-11-19T08:52:44Z")

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Questions:

1. Is distributed storage required (e.g. MinIO) for a small testing on-premise cluster?
2. Is a PV/PVC (Persistent Volume (Claim) sufficient?
3. Is it possible to disable distributed storage?

Documentation:  
" The distributed storage cache location contains accelerator, tables, job results, downloads, upload data, and scratch data.

_The location is specified with the `paths.dist` property in the **dremio.conf** file. In addition, this property must be the same across all nodes in the cluster. This means that if local storage or NAS is used, the configured path must exist on, or be accessible from, all nodes. If the value of this property is changed, then it must be updated in the **dremio.conf** file on all nodes in the Dremio cluster. **By default Dremio uses the disk space** on local Dremio nodes."_

> **[Distributed Storage | Dremio Documentation](https://docs.dremio.com/current/get-started/cluster-deployments/architecture/distributed-storage/)**
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> The distributed storage cache location contains accelerator, tables,

Error: “The ‘local’ distStorage type is no longer supported in Dremio 21.0.0 or later.”  
(“Do I need a different type than ‘local’ for distributed storage?”)

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**Author:** ![balaji.ramaswamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/balaji.ramaswamy/32/843_2.png) [@balaji.ramaswamy](https://community.dremio.com/u/balaji.ramaswamy)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/is-distributed-storage-required/12525/2 "2024-12-01T23:01:40Z")

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@Odrai Dist is mandatory, you can use a NAS mont and use `file:///`