# Indices and Shard count impact on performance

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indices-and-shard-count-impact-on-performance/296714>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indices-and-shard-count-impact-on-performance/296714 "2022-02-09T11:10:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ankur\_Mahajan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur_mahajan/32/45618_2.png) [@Ankur\_Mahajan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankur_Mahajan)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indices-and-shard-count-impact-on-performance/296714/1 "2022-02-09T11:10:14Z")

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I know that the shard count and size has a significant impact on the search performance (speed) and cluster recovery.

Does the **total number** of shard count impact the search speed? Let me simplify it assume I have 5 indices with 5 primary shards each and I am searching in **indice1** only and assume it return me the response in 500ms. Will this be same (500ms) if I add 5 more indices? I know the recovery time would increase but not sure about a specific indice search performance.

Any help would be highly appricated.

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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:** [March 9, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indices-and-shard-count-impact-on-performance/296714/2 "2022-03-09T11:10:32Z")

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