# One shard always initializing,Why?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-shard-always-initializing-why/18032>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 11, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-shard-always-initializing-why/18032 "2014-06-11T04:19:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![cheney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cheney](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cheney)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-shard-always-initializing-why/18032/1 "2014-06-11T04:19:12Z")

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One shard always initializing,Why?

I think if the translog causes the problem, then try to delete the translog.When I use command "rm -rf",the log file is really deleted, but after restarted the node, the translog again comes back,Why?

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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, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-shard-always-initializing-why/18032/2 "2017-07-06T01:23:27Z")

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