# One index or many index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-index-or-many-index/121127>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-index-or-many-index/121127 "2018-02-22T20:47:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![BentCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@BentCoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BentCoder)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-index-or-many-index/121127/1 "2018-02-22T20:47:42Z")

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Hi,

Just want to find out if there is a preferred way or not for the case below.

- I sell products in 40 countries.
- Each country has about 50,000 products.
- Product fields/mapping in country X is always same.
- Product fields/mapping in country X and Y may be little different but 90% same.

Should I create a single index to hold whole data or should I create 40 dedicated indexes per country? My search mainly be a [Geo Polygon Query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-geo-polygon-query.html).

Thanks

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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:** [March 22, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-index-or-many-index/121127/2 "2018-03-22T20:47:42Z")

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