# Max number of shards for a single node

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-shards-for-a-single-node/226952>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 7, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-shards-for-a-single-node/226952 "2020-04-07T16:20:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![elk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@elk2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk2)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-shards-for-a-single-node/226952/1 "2020-04-07T16:20:45Z")

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I have an elasticsearch node with different hw performance compared to others.  
I would like to set a lower limit of shards for this particular node.  
It's possible to do?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-shards-for-a-single-node/226952/2 "2020-04-13T08:49:25Z")

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Not as far as I know. The shard limit is calculated across the whole cluster and Elasticsearch assumes all nodes are equal.

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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:** [May 11, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-shards-for-a-single-node/226952/3 "2020-05-11T08:49:30Z")

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