# Node stat - number of shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/node-stat-number-of-shards/151669>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/node-stat-number-of-shards/151669 "2018-10-09T15:23:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![cadirol](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cadirol/32/38459_2.png) [@cadirol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cadirol)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/node-stat-number-of-shards/151669/1 "2018-10-09T15:23:48Z")

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Hy guys  
Is it possible to get the number of shards on e particular node?  
I can't find anything in the \_stats. Of course shards per index is listet

My toughts are:  
We run a ES cluster, not bad in performance (atm...) and i try to keep things well and fast. i need to monitor the amount of shards on each node. If its reach a limit (...my rule of thumb: 1GB heap per 20 shards) of 600 shard i get a alarm to add more nodes or RAM (less than 30GB..).

Is this a idiot approach? what do you recommend for a proper capacity management?

BR Cadirol

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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:** [November 6, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/node-stat-number-of-shards/151669/2 "2018-11-06T15:23:49Z")

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