# \# nodes \> (# shards + # replicas)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-shards-replicas/6489>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 25, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-shards-replicas/6489 "2012-01-25T07:15:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![otisg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/otisg/32/492_2.png) [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-shards-replicas/6489/1 "2012-01-25T07:15:12Z")

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Hi,

What happens when you have a cluster with:

# of nodes \> (# of shards + # of replicas)

In such a cluster would some nodes simply not have any shards/replicas  
and ES will be just fine?

Thanks,  
Otis

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-shards-replicas/6489/2 "2012-01-25T16:32:15Z")

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Yes.

On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Otis Gospodnetic wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> What happens when you have a cluster with:
> 
> # of nodes \> (# of shards + # of replicas)
> 
> In such a cluster would some nodes simply not have any shards/replicas  
> and ES will be just fine?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Otis

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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, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-shards-replicas/6489/3 "2017-07-06T03:41:32Z")

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