# Nodes with different disk sizes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-with-different-disk-sizes/162981>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-with-different-disk-sizes/162981 "2019-01-04T15:32:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![philv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@philv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/philv)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-with-different-disk-sizes/162981/1 "2019-01-04T15:32:33Z")

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I presume that having an ES cluster composed of nodes with different storage capacities (different drive sizes) is ok ? That ES is smart enough to have some shards larger than others ?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-with-different-disk-sizes/162981/2 "2019-01-04T15:47:05Z")

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> That ES is smart enough to have some shards larger than others ?

Not really.

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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:** [February 1, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-with-different-disk-sizes/162981/3 "2019-02-01T15:47:06Z")

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