# Data Size and Shard Limits

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-size-and-shard-limits/302643>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 18, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-size-and-shard-limits/302643 "2022-04-18T20:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![geena.rollins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/geena.rollins/32/15661_2.png) [@geena.rollins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/geena.rollins)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-size-and-shard-limits/302643/1 "2022-04-18T20:32:00Z")

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What is the maxium recommended data size per shard?  
What is the maxium recommended number of shards per cluster?

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**Author:** ![RabBit\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rabbit_br/32/82261_2.png) [@RabBit\_BR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RabBit_BR)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-size-and-shard-limits/302643/2 "2022-04-18T23:30:11Z")

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Hi @geena.rollins  
Read this doc please:

> **[Size your shards | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.1\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/size-your-shards.html#shard-size-recommendation)**

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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:** [May 16, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-size-and-shard-limits/302643/3 "2022-05-16T23:30:19Z")

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