# Can somebody interpret the data if the shard is unbalanced?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-somebody-interpret-the-data-if-the-shard-is-unbalanced/318491>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-somebody-interpret-the-data-if-the-shard-is-unbalanced/318491 "2022-11-09T03:52:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Java2avaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/java2avaj/32/99497_2.png) [@Java2avaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Java2avaj)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-somebody-interpret-the-data-if-the-shard-is-unbalanced/318491/1 "2022-11-09T03:52:36Z")

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Based on the following data, may I know if the shard is unbalanced or is it evenly distributed for people index? We have 2 primary shards and 1 replica

```auto
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
green open a_people_15 Pa_QafVQGvhdF6eKLfSbvs 2 1 6300294 556364 3.1gb 1.6gb

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-somebody-interpret-the-data-if-the-shard-is-unbalanced/318491/2 "2022-11-09T04:19:48Z")

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Can you share `_cat/nodes?v` and `_cat/allocation?v` please 🙂

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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 7, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-somebody-interpret-the-data-if-the-shard-is-unbalanced/318491/3 "2022-12-07T04:20:14Z")

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