# How to set the shards of Elasticsearch 5

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-shards-of-elasticsearch-5/96167
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 8, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-shards-of-elasticsearch-5/96167 "2017-08-08T01:45:14Z")
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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-shards-of-elasticsearch-5/96167/21 "2017-08-11T08:19:35Z")

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Read this: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/capacity-planning.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/capacity-planning.html)

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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: [September 8, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-shards-of-elasticsearch-5/96167/22 "2017-09-08T08:19:59Z")

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