I am running 2 node Elasticsearch cluster v7.9.2 Ingesting data through APM-Server v7.15.0, creates ~50 new indices daily with pattern apm-7.15.0-<service.name>-transaction-YYYY.MM.DD Observing that all new primary shards of new indices are getting created on 1 node, even though the free disk spa…

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Elasticsearch disk based shard allocation tuning

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tarund (Tarun) January 21, 2022, 5:38am 5

Thanks @warkolm . awareness attribute worked for me.

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Elasticsearch disk based shard allocation tuning

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