# Multiple Indices vs Multiple type

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-vs-multiple-type/12716>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 9, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-vs-multiple-type/12716 "2013-07-09T11:59:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vinaygurram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@vinaygurram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinaygurram)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-vs-multiple-type/12716/1 "2013-07-09T11:59:01Z")

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Hi  
I am trying to create an auto Suggest with searchTerm and locality. I have 3.5 million cosumerDocuments (3.5gb), 1 million locality documents and 0.3 million of consumer1Documents. Is it better to create 3 different indices or 1 index with 3 different types. It's okay if write queries are slow but I want faster read queries.

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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, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-vs-multiple-type/12716/2 "2017-07-06T02:27:29Z")

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