# Elastic shards per node

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-per-node/176228>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 10, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-per-node/176228 "2019-04-10T13:32:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![aniaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@aniaks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniaks)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-per-node/176228/1 "2019-04-10T13:32:50Z")

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Is ther a api to get the number of shards per Node ?

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-per-node/176228/2 "2019-04-10T15:02:02Z")

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[`GET _cat/allocation`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-allocation.html) can show you this.

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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 8, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-shards-per-node/176228/3 "2019-05-08T15:02:08Z")

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