# Etcd massive disk io

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/etcd-massive-disk-io/15206>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/etcd-massive-disk-io/15206 "2021-03-17T14:45:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wenslauw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/wenslauw/32/7173_2.png) [@Wenslauw](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/Wenslauw)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/etcd-massive-disk-io/15206/1 "2021-03-17T14:45:23Z")

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### Cluster information:

Kubernetes version: 1.20.4  
Cloud being used: bare-metal  
Installation method: apt kubernetes-xenial repository  
Host OS: Ubuntu 20.4.2  
CNI and version: latest Flannel  
CRI and version: Ubunru 20.04.2 containerd

I have a three node cluster, with one master node. etcd is keeping my master node quite busy with its constant writing to disk. It’s writing around 80KBps. I’m wondering how long my ssd will last. Is there anything that can be done about this constant writing to disk?