# Can I have multiple Shards per node?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-have-multiple-shards-per-node/207272>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 11, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-have-multiple-shards-per-node/207272 "2019-11-11T05:49:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![RAM\_NATHAN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ram_nathan/32/50393_2.png) [@RAM\_NATHAN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RAM_NATHAN)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-have-multiple-shards-per-node/207272/1 "2019-11-11T05:49:32Z")

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Hi

Right now I have only one server for elasticsearch which has one index ( with default 5 shards).  
Approx I will have 4 million documents for one month. I have created a time based index with time frame of 3 months, which means I will have approx 12 million documents for 3 months. With these

1. Will it cause severe performance issue in Kibana if I store all data in one index??
2. Also since by default elastic search creates 5 shards, will I get any performance benefits even if I have only one node

Regards  
Ram

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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:** [December 9, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-have-multiple-shards-per-node/207272/2 "2019-12-09T05:49:41Z")

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