# Multi index search normalization **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-index-search-normalization/10884 "2013-02-25T16:23:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ophir\_Michaeli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ophir\_Michaeli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ophir_Michaeli)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-index-search-normalization/10884/1 "2013-02-25T16:23:19Z")
Thanks, Ophir Hi, I'm considering opening a new index each time I'm going to run out of space in the shards/replicas I defined, and since it is not possible to add shards for an index unless rendering, I'm thinking about writing code that identifies that space has gone low and that will open a new index in the same cluster on a new machine. My question is regarding g search. Say I hold an alias for search that searches all the indexes I opened. How does the normalizing of the results done? Because results are retuned form big and small indexes that give rating relative to the index size and content. Thanks, Ophir -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-index-search-normalization/10884/2 "2017-07-06T02:49:40Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:49am UTC