# Index and Type creation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-and-type-creation/102085>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 28, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-and-type-creation/102085 "2017-09-28T09:34:06Z")\
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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:** [September 28, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-and-type-creation/102085/2 "2017-09-28T09:49:56Z")

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Have a look at [this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-practices-for-indexing-log-data/101891) which discussed much the same thing. With such a low volume I would recommend using monthly rather than daily indices and store all data in a single index if possible.

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