# Impact if disabling shards rebalancing **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 18, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impact-if-disabling-shards-rebalancing/255831 "2020-11-18T12:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shubham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shubham/32/62276_2.png) [@Shubham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impact-if-disabling-shards-rebalancing/255831/1 "2020-11-18T12:13:58Z")
Hi , Will there be any negative impact if I disallow shards rebalancing? I want to disable rebalancing because my cluster is going into yellow state too frequently as some shards become unassigned. ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impact-if-disabling-shards-rebalancing/255831/2 "2020-11-18T14:51:04Z")
Rebalancing is important for keeping your cluster balanced, and does not cause the health to become `yellow`. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impact-if-disabling-shards-rebalancing/255831/3 "2020-11-18T21:46:18Z")
You're better off trying to resolve the cause of the yellow states. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impact-if-disabling-shards-rebalancing/255831/4 "2020-12-16T21:46:25Z")
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