# Multiple Indices vs Multiple type **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-vs-multiple-type/12735 "2013-07-10T05:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vinaygurram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@vinaygurram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinaygurram)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-vs-multiple-type/12735/1 "2013-07-10T05:52:55Z")
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. -- 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:** ![radu\_gheorghe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/radu_gheorghe/32/556_2.png) [@radu\_gheorghe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radu_gheorghe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-vs-multiple-type/12735/2 "2013-07-10T08:37:07Z")
Hello Vinay, For best query performance, especially if you often query those separately, I'd put them in different indices. Best regards, Radu On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Vinay Gurram [mail2vinaygurram@gmail.com](mailto:mail2vinaygurram@gmail.com)wrote: > 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. > > -- > 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). -- [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) -- Elasticsearch -- Solr -- Lucene -- 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, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indices-vs-multiple-type/12735/3 "2017-07-06T02:27:18Z")