# Just Pushed: Cluster / Index level allocation filtering

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-cluster-index-level-allocation-filtering/5332>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 8, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-cluster-index-level-allocation-filtering/5332 "2011-09-08T11:31:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-cluster-index-level-allocation-filtering/5332/1 "2011-09-08T11:31:05Z")

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First step at better control over how shards are allocated in a cluster was  
just pushed, allowing to control which nodes (based on custom attributes) an  
index can be allocated on. It comes with a nice side affect of being able  
to decommission nodes even if the replica count is 0.

Here is the issue:  
[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1311](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1311).

-shay.banon

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**Author:** ![ppearcy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppearcy/32/980_2.png) [@ppearcy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppearcy)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-cluster-index-level-allocation-filtering/5332/2 "2011-09-08T16:13:19Z")

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Cool stuff. Thanks for this feature!

On Sep 8, 5:31 am, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote:

> First step at better control over how shards are allocated in a cluster was  
> just pushed, allowing to control which nodes (based on custom attributes) an  
> index can be allocated on. It comes with a nice side affect of being able  
> to decommission nodes even if the replica count is 0.
> 
> Here is the issue:[Cluster / Index level allocation filtering · Issue #1311 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1311).
> 
> -shay.banon

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**Author:** ![Berkay\_Mollamustafao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Berkay\_Mollamustafao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Berkay_Mollamustafao)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-cluster-index-level-allocation-filtering/5332/3 "2011-09-08T16:44:01Z")

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Great! This will enable several use cases for us.

Regards,  
Berkay Mollamustafaoglu  
mberkay on yahoo, google and skype

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote:

> First step at better control over how shards are allocated in a cluster was  
> just pushed, allowing to control which nodes (based on custom attributes) an  
> index can be allocated on. It comes with a nice side affect of being able  
> to decommission nodes even if the replica count is 0.
> 
> Here is the issue:  
> [Cluster / Index level allocation filtering · Issue #1311 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1311).
> 
> -shay.banon

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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 6, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-cluster-index-level-allocation-filtering/5332/4 "2017-07-06T03:55:02Z")

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