# Index Max Size

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-max-size/42421>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 22, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-max-size/42421 "2016-02-22T18:47:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-max-size/42421/4 "2017-01-17T10:38:34Z")

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That means that my index size is limited by the shards and would be amount of shards \* max shard size (40 GB or what is it?). When the index size gets close to that I would have to add a shard to the index, correct? Is that possible or do I have to create a new index with let's say double the shards and move the old index to the new one ?

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