# Elasticsearch configuration about initalizing shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-configuration-about-initalizing-shards/67844>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 2, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-configuration-about-initalizing-shards/67844 "2016-12-02T10:57:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balamurali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@Balamurali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Balamurali)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-configuration-about-initalizing-shards/67844/1 "2016-12-02T10:57:50Z")

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HI all,

is there is any option for **setup start initalizing shards after specified percentage( or number) of nodes up in cluster** in elasticsearch 1.3.7

anyone suggest me !!!

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**Author:** ![ywelsch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ywelsch/32/7751_2.png) [@ywelsch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ywelsch)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-configuration-about-initalizing-shards/67844/2 "2016-12-02T11:12:21Z")

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gateway.recover\_after\_nodes , see here:

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.3/modules-gateway.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.3/modules-gateway.html)

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**Author:** ![Balamurali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@Balamurali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Balamurali)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-configuration-about-initalizing-shards/67844/3 "2016-12-02T11:21:58Z")

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thanks much @ywelsch

helps lot

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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 30, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-configuration-about-initalizing-shards/67844/4 "2016-12-30T11:22:08Z")

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Closed on December 30, 2016, 11:22am UTC

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