Hi all What is the max number of shard that an elastic node can hold. and i dont mean per index or anything i mean the max number of shard for all index that a node can hold.

Max number of shard a elastic node can hold

Christian_Dahlqvist (Christian Dahlqvist) June 30, 2021, 9:26am 2

The default limit is set to 1000 but you should generally aim to be significantly below that if you can.

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