# Elasticsearch Index Shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-shards/280206>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 2, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-shards/280206 "2021-08-02T10:28:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![RAM\_NATHAN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ram_nathan/32/50393_2.png) [@RAM\_NATHAN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RAM_NATHAN)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-shards/280206/1 "2021-08-02T10:28:12Z")

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Hi

Im creating an elasticsearch index with 3 shards. But as of today I have single node elasticsearch. I have future plan to have 3 nodes cluster and hence created 3 shards now. Will it be a right approach

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-shards/280206/2 "2021-08-03T01:47:24Z")

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That's fine.

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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:** [August 31, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-shards/280206/3 "2021-08-31T01:48:01Z")

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