# Elasticsearch red status after restart

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-red-status-after-restart/133505>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-red-status-after-restart/133505 "2018-05-28T09:29:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![wassel\_benbettaieb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@wassel\_benbettaieb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wassel_benbettaieb)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-red-status-after-restart/133505/1 "2018-05-28T09:29:17Z")

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Hello ,  
After restarting my elasticsearch , i can't recover any things and the status is red .  
is there anyone who can help me with this ?  
 ![el](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/c/ece92895f0990a5b1ed18d20c58d2fbf89e9599c.PNG)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-red-status-after-restart/133505/2 "2018-05-28T15:16:36Z")

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You have far too many shards in your cluster, which is causing problems. You need to reduce this drastically. See [This blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-many-shards-should-i-have-in-my-elasticsearch-cluster) for guidance.

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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:** [June 25, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-red-status-after-restart/133505/3 "2018-06-25T15:16:42Z")

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