# Numbers of shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-of-shards/26869>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 5, 2015, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-of-shards/26869 "2015-08-05T09:29:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Smasell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/smasell/32/43483_2.png) [@Smasell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Smasell)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-of-shards/26869/1 "2015-08-05T09:29:38Z")

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Hi guys!!!  
I want to rise number of shards in my index(I've already have some important data in it). Is it possible?

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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Stefan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrei_stefan/32/47533_2.png) [@Andrei\_Stefan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrei_Stefan)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-of-shards/26869/2 "2015-08-05T09:36:23Z")

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If you're talking about replicas, it's possible and straight forward.  
If it's about primary shards, then you need to recreate the index with the increased number of shards and re-index everything.

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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, 11:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-of-shards/26869/3 "2017-07-05T23:57:19Z")

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