# Elastic shard question?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shard-question/209213>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shard-question/209213 "2019-11-25T04:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![lusynda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lusynda/32/53557_2.png) [@lusynda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lusynda)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shard-question/209213/1 "2019-11-25T04:13:20Z")

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Hi everyone  
I have a question upon shard in elasticsearch  
First how many primary shard should i have in an index  
Second will there be an increase in searching time if i set many primary shard in an index

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![nishant.saini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nishant.saini/32/41489_2.png) [@nishant.saini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nishant.saini)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shard-question/209213/2 "2019-11-25T04:19:00Z")

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[This blog](https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-many-shards-should-i-have-in-my-elasticsearch-cluster) can be helpful.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shard-question/209213/3 "2019-11-25T05:45:55Z")

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This depends a lot on your use case and data volumes, which you have provided no information about. Having an unnecessarily large number of shards can often have a negative impact on performance.

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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 23, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shard-question/209213/4 "2019-12-23T05:55:56Z")

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