# Elasticsearch - compound index or discrete indexes?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-compound-index-or-discrete-indexes/140970>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 20, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-compound-index-or-discrete-indexes/140970 "2018-07-20T23:06:55Z")\
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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:** [July 23, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-compound-index-or-discrete-indexes/140970/6 "2018-07-23T01:25:56Z")

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I believe this is the same question as [Are contents of a bucket held in the same shard?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-contents-of-a-bucket-held-in-the-same-shard/141059) ?

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