# Missing replica shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-replica-shards/294164>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 12, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-replica-shards/294164 "2022-01-12T12:47:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Latifa\_MASMOUDI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/latifa_masmoudi/32/100203_2.png) [@Latifa\_MASMOUDI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Latifa_MASMOUDI)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-replica-shards/294164/1 "2022-01-12T12:47:27Z")

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hi community  
i'm a beginner in ELK, so i can't resolve this problem.  
the Elasticsearch overview show me that are Missing replica shards, also the health is yellow. Also, i uploaded a file to kibana, but it can't visualize it.  
thanks for help

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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:** [January 13, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-replica-shards/294164/2 "2022-01-13T05:34:46Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

That's more of a recommendation/best practise. As if you don't have replica shards and you lose your node, you can lose your data.

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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:** [February 10, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-replica-shards/294164/3 "2022-02-10T05:35:10Z")

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