# 1 big index vs partioned index patterns

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/1-big-index-vs-partioned-index-patterns/32417>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 16, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/1-big-index-vs-partioned-index-patterns/32417 "2015-10-16T21:06:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![javadevmtl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javadevmtl/32/45613_2.png) [@javadevmtl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javadevmtl)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/1-big-index-vs-partioned-index-patterns/32417/1 "2015-10-16T21:06:22Z")

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Lets say I chose to partition my index by month and each monthly index is 4 shards + 1 replica.

So 12 months x 8 shards = 96 shards.

Is that the same as creating 1 index with 48 primary shards and 48 replicas?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/1-big-index-vs-partioned-index-patterns/32417/2 "2015-10-16T21:42:16Z")

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Yes it is.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/1-big-index-vs-partioned-index-patterns/32417/3 "2017-07-05T23:44:18Z")

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