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[DOCS] Disambiguate logs and data in Path settings docs
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[discrete]
=== Path settings

{es} writes the data you index to indices and data streams to a `data`
directory. {es} writes its own application logs, which contain information about
cluster health and operations, to a `logs` directory.

For <<targz,macOS `.tar.gz`>>, <<targz,Linux `.tar.gz`>>, and
<<zip-windows,Windows `.zip`>> installations, {es} writes data and logs to the
respective `data` and `logs` subdirectories of `$ES_HOME` by default.
However, files in `$ES_HOME` risk deletion during an upgrade.
<<zip-windows,Windows `.zip`>> installations, `data` and `logs` are
subdirectories of `$ES_HOME` by default. However, files in `$ES_HOME` risk
deletion during an upgrade.

In production, we strongly recommend you set the `path.data` and `path.logs` in
`elasticsearch.yml` to locations outside of `$ES_HOME`.
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additional disk space, we recommend you add a new node rather than additional
data paths.

include::{es-repo-dir}/tab-widgets/multi-data-path-widget.asciidoc[]
include::{es-repo-dir}/tab-widgets/multi-data-path-widget.asciidoc[]