# Elasticsearch is about to reach the maximum number of shards it can host, based on your current settings

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-about-to-reach-the-maximum-number-of-shards-it-can-host-based-on-your-current-settings/370561>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 14, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-about-to-reach-the-maximum-number-of-shards-it-can-host-based-on-your-current-settings/370561 "2024-11-14T14:37:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arianit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Arianit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arianit)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-about-to-reach-the-maximum-number-of-shards-it-can-host-based-on-your-current-settings/370561/1 "2024-11-14T14:37:39Z")

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Can this issue cause problem that it doesnt show log in Kibana. ps. Im new in elastic.

 ![Health Indicator](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/2/72a73cf6c6b6abbb9efa8c169f103048d9683984.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-about-to-reach-the-maximum-number-of-shards-it-can-host-based-on-your-current-settings/370561/2 "2024-11-14T17:10:24Z")

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I think you might have too many shard. limit I belive was 1000 shard per node. after that you will see unexpacted result from elastic.

what is cluster health output?

curl -u user:passwd host:9200/\_cluster/health?pretty

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**Author:** ![jessgarson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jessgarson/32/129841_2.png) [@jessgarson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jessgarson)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-about-to-reach-the-maximum-number-of-shards-it-can-host-based-on-your-current-settings/370561/3 "2024-11-15T15:29:10Z")

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@Arianit, This guide may also be helpful here too:

> **[Size your shards | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.16\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/size-your-shards.html)**