# Elastic shards are not storing data equally

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-are-not-storing-data-equally/328235>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-are-not-storing-data-equally/328235 "2023-03-22T11:14:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chanaka\_Liyanarachch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chanaka_liyanarachch/32/97624_2.png) [@Chanaka\_Liyanarachch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chanaka_Liyanarachch)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-are-not-storing-data-equally/328235/1 "2023-03-22T11:14:00Z")

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elastic shards are not storing data equally,  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/9/794269cdef3fceacb83deef4cf63f718fb8429a0.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:** [March 22, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-are-not-storing-data-equally/328235/2 "2023-03-22T12:39:54Z")

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Welcome!

Are you using a routing key?

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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:** [April 19, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-are-not-storing-data-equally/328235/3 "2023-04-19T12:40:26Z")

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