# Disable re-replicate

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-re-replicate/158992>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 1, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-re-replicate/158992 "2018-12-01T06:08:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![arp220](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arp220/32/84666_2.png) [@arp220](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arp220)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-re-replicate/158992/1 "2018-12-01T06:08:05Z")

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Hi all.  
i have two question.

1: is it possible to disable re-replicate in elasticsearch?  
and  
2: Is the search performed on the replicate or just on the primary shard?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-re-replicate/158992/2 "2018-12-01T09:11:42Z")

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What is re replicate?

The search is performed by default on replicas or primaries

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**Author:** ![arp220](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arp220/32/84666_2.png) [@arp220](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arp220)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-re-replicate/158992/3 "2018-12-01T09:28:55Z")

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i read learning elasticsearch book  
publisher packet  
please look this screenshot from this book  
 ![Failure2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/6/860d83bd6e8771c6b0bb635dc074d59721883ba2.png)

 ![Failure3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/1/613bbb88b062c67be3d3255d292d3ceb8c43d37d.png) ![Failure4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/0/e0f812d7467f8042eef9bc41744c13ba428037f7.png)

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-re-replicate/158992/4 "2018-12-02T16:33:13Z")

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So yes you can disable shard allocation.  
Why would you like to do this though? The only moment I see it useful is when doing a rolling upgrade of nodes.

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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 30, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-re-replicate/158992/5 "2018-12-30T16:33:17Z")

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