# Cluster has already maximum shards open

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-has-already-maximum-shards-open/236345>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-has-already-maximum-shards-open/236345 "2020-06-09T13:35:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![anto\_gian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anto_gian/32/51937_2.png) [@anto\_gian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anto_gian)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-has-already-maximum-shards-open/236345/1 "2020-06-09T13:35:44Z")

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I'm using Windows 10 and I'm getting

> Elasticsearch exception [type=validation\_exception, reason=Validation Failed: 1: this action would add [2] total shards, but this cluster currently has [1000]/[1000] maximum shards open;]

How can I resolve this? I don't mind if I lose data since it only runs locally.

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**Author:** ![val](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/val/32/138203_2.png) [@val](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/val)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-has-already-maximum-shards-open/236345/2 "2020-06-09T14:22:36Z")

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You've hit the limit of the maximum number of shards per node.

Either remove some indices from your cluster or add a new node to your cluster.

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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 7, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-has-already-maximum-shards-open/236345/3 "2020-07-07T14:22:40Z")

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