# Number of shards?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards/45879
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 31, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards/45879 "2016-03-31T07:25:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![pecwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@pecwich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pecwich)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards/45879/1 "2016-03-31T07:25:06Z")

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What should be the consideration while deciding the number of shards we should keep for our indices?

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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards/45879/2 "2016-03-31T07:28:32Z")

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Have you read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/scale.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/scale.html)?

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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 5, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-shards/45879/3 "2017-07-05T23:03:47Z")

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