# My elasticsearch doesn't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 26, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elasticsearch-doesnt-work/32997 "2015-10-26T16:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lwintergerst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lwintergerst/32/18164_2.png) [@lwintergerst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lwintergerst)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elasticsearch-doesnt-work/32997/21 "2015-10-27T22:09:20Z")
Since you mentioned the shard count, how many shards would you recommend when using daily indices, and a cluster with 6 data nodes? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elasticsearch-doesnt-work/32997/22 "2015-10-27T22:13:42Z")
Depends on your data volume, but unless it's a few hundred GB, 3 should be enough. ---
**Author:** ![billy6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@billy6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/billy6)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elasticsearch-doesnt-work/32997/23 "2015-11-03T08:14:16Z")
Thank you very much, with 3 shards it works OK. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elasticsearch-doesnt-work/32997/24 "2017-07-05T23:41:02Z")
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