Don’tmodifyanythingwithinthedatadirectoryorrunprocessesthatmightinterferewithitscontents.IfsomethingotherthanElasticsearchmodifiesthecontentsofthedatadirectory,thenElasticsearchmayfail,reportingcorruptionorotherdatainconsistencies,ormayappeartoworkcorrectlyhavingsilentlylostsomeofyourdata.Don’tattem