# Esrally performance benchmark

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-performance-benchmark/251477
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 8, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-performance-benchmark/251477 "2020-10-08T15:41:08Z")
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### Author: ![kagrahar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kagrahar/32/49985_2.png) [@kagrahar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kagrahar)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-performance-benchmark/251477/1 "2020-10-08T15:41:08Z")

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i am running esrally for the first time. What are the key metrics in the output that determines performance of the elastic search cluster? Any best practices to stress test? Is there a best practice for setting the number of indices, shards etc?  
Thanks in advance

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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: [November 5, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-performance-benchmark/251477/2 "2020-11-05T15:41:16Z")

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