# Auto-distributed the shard or indices **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 8, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-distributed-the-shard-or-indices/11489 "2013-04-08T17:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ankit\_Jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Ankit\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankit_Jain)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-distributed-the-shard-or-indices/11489/1 "2013-04-08T17:23:49Z")
Hi All, We have 5 nodes ES cluster and total number of indexes are 24, each index has 5 shards which are equally distributed (each node contains one shard). Suppose if, I would add new node in cluster, then are some node or indices are automatically move to node6 or we need to do this task manually? Please help. Thanks, Ankit Jain iLabs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-distributed-the-shard-or-indices/11489/2 "2013-04-08T23:31:59Z")
If you are using all the defaults, then some shards (20 if my math is correct) will move over (2 at a time) to the new node. -- Ivan On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Ankit Jain [ankitjaincs06@gmail.com](mailto:ankitjaincs06@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi All, > > We have 5 nodes ES cluster and total number of indexes are 24, each index > has 5 shards which are equally distributed (each node contains one shard). > Suppose if, I would add new node in cluster, then are some node or indices > are automatically move to node6 or we need to do this task manually? > > Please help. > > Thanks, > Ankit Jain > iLabs > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auto-distributed-the-shard-or-indices/11489/3 "2017-07-06T02:42:09Z")