# Indexing rate

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-rate/50855>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 24, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-rate/50855 "2016-05-24T14:55:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dkota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dkota](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkota)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-rate/50855/1 "2016-05-24T14:55:10Z")

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Is the indexing rate doubled if the given index have one replica? Or does elasticsearch account for this?

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**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 25, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-rate/50855/2 "2016-05-25T09:09:51Z")

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No it will not, you still need to index into the primary and then the replica(s). You don't do both in tandem.

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**Author:** ![dkota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dkota](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkota)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-rate/50855/3 "2016-05-25T11:53:12Z")

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So the indexing rate reported in marvel dashboard is just for the  
primaries?

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-rate/50855/4 "2017-07-05T22:49:06Z")

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