# Elasticsearch Cluster Limit

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-limit/12204>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 31, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-limit/12204 "2013-05-31T09:07:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![mr\_yogeshmahajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@mr\_yogeshmahajan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mr_yogeshmahajan)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-limit/12204/1 "2013-05-31T09:07:05Z")

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What is default limit of cluster?  
How many shards is allow to create per cluster?

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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, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-limit/12204/2 "2017-07-06T02:33:40Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:33am UTC