# Documentation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation/3175>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 30, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation/3175 "2010-07-30T17:32:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![David\_Jensen\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@David\_Jensen\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Jensen_2)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation/3175/1 "2010-07-30T17:32:37Z")

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Shay,

I decided to start a new thread. If you can give me some links to  
conversations in the email list about how sharding works, I can try  
to put something together and see how you like it.

Code pointers to the relevant code might also be a good idea for my  
understanding.

David

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation/3175/2 "2010-07-31T14:11:17Z")

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Hi,

Here are some pointers:

Talk at Berlin Buzzwords:

- [http://blip.tv/file/3933442](http://blip.tv/file/3933442)

## Blog:

[http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/2010/02/16/searchengine\_time\_machine.html](http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/2010/02/16/searchengine_time_machine.html)

Mailing List:  
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> **[Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/access-error?continue=https:%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fa%2Felasticsearch.com%2Fg%2Fusers%2Fc%2FkKj_RTTxKgw)**

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> **[Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/access-error?continue=https:%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fa%2Felasticsearch.com%2Fg%2Fusers%2Fc%2FNgxv3XZHXLo)**

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> **[Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/access-error?continue=https:%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fa%2Felasticsearch.com%2Fg%2Fusers%2Fc%2F1KnsCLOGZFs)**

- This search on the group (most posts are relevant):  
[http://groups.google.com/a/elasticsearch.com/group/users/search?group=users&q=number+of+replicas&qt\_g=Search+this+group](http://groups.google.com/a/elasticsearch.com/group/users/search?group=users&q=number+of+replicas&qt_g=Search+this+group)

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:32 PM, David Jensen [djensen47@gmail.com](mailto:djensen47@gmail.com) wrote:

> Shay,
> 
> I decided to start a new thread. If you can give me some links to  
> conversations in the email list about how sharding works, I can try  
> to put something together and see how you like it.
> 
> Code pointers to the relevant code might also be a good idea for my  
> understanding.
> 
> David

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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 6, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation/3175/3 "2017-07-06T04:21:18Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:21am UTC