# How is ES data distributed in each data nodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 4, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-es-data-distributed-in-each-data-nodes/272079 "2021-05-04T14:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chaitra\_hegde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chaitra_hegde/32/54151_2.png) [@chaitra\_hegde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chaitra_hegde)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-es-data-distributed-in-each-data-nodes/272079/1 "2021-05-04T14:37:07Z")
Hi, I am using Elasticsearch 7.8.0 in k8s environment. I have 20 ES ingest nodes for serving traffic, 25 data nodes , 3 master nodes. How is the data stored getting distributed across all ES data nodes because I see on some of the data nodes data stored is ununiform. Example- In some data nodes it has stored upto 175GB. But in some data nodes it has stored some MB. ```auto ingest pod - pod limit, request: 30Gb cpu - 1 -Xms15g -Xmx15g data pod - pod limit, request: 30Gb cpu - 1 -Xms15g -Xmx15g master pod - pod limit, request - 2Gb cpu - 1 -Xms1g -Xmx1g ``` ```auto shards disk.indices disk.used disk.avail disk.total disk.percent node 45 8.4gb 8.5gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-18 45 67gb 67.1gb 1tb 1.1tb 5 elasticsearch-data-9 45 687.8mb 784.5mb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-10 45 91.4gb 91.8gb 1tb 1.1tb 7 elasticsearch-data-21 5 115.4gb 161.7gb 1tb 1.1tb 13 elasticsearch-data-12 45 1.1gb 1.2gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-0 45 117.7gb 175.7gb 1013.1gb 1.1tb 14 elasticsearch-data-13 45 158.7gb 159gb 1tb 1.1tb 13 elasticsearch-data-17 45 1.2gb 1.3gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-20 45 1gb 3.6gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-11 44 127.5gb 127.6gb 1tb 1.1tb 10 elasticsearch-data-16 45 15.5gb 15.9gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 1 elasticsearch-data-15 45 1.9gb 2gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-1 45 9.1gb 9.2gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-19 45 2.3gb 2.4gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-3 32 36.8gb 36.9gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 3 elasticsearch-data-24 2 10.7gb 17gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 1 elasticsearch-data-14 45 58.9gb 59.2gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 4 elasticsearch-data-4 45 74.5gb 139.3gb 1tb 1.1tb 11 elasticsearch-data-6 45 12gb 12.1gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 1 elasticsearch-data-5 45 665.5mb 762.3mb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-8 45 11.7gb 11.8gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-7 45 1.3gb 1.4gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-23 45 8gb 8gb 1.1tb 1.1tb 0 elasticsearch-data-2 73 UNASSIGNED ``` ---
**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:** [May 5, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-es-data-distributed-in-each-data-nodes/272079/2 "2021-05-05T09:57:56Z")
Elasticsearch balances by shard count, which you can see is pretty even for the most part. You do have some anomalies though, such as those nodes with only a few shards. What does your elasticsearch.yml look like? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-is-es-data-distributed-in-each-data-nodes/272079/3 "2021-06-02T09:58:36Z")
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