# Сopies of shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/opies-of-shards/248857>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/opies-of-shards/248857 "2020-09-16T15:51:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![djuwa4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@djuwa4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djuwa4)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/opies-of-shards/248857/1 "2020-09-16T15:51:59Z")

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Good day! I have an elasticsearch cluster configured.  
Can you please tell me if copies of shards are created by default? Or does it need to be configured separately?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/opies-of-shards/248857/2 "2020-09-16T21:25:44Z")

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Replicas? They are usually created with 1 replica, yes.

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**Author:** ![djuwa4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@djuwa4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djuwa4)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/opies-of-shards/248857/3 "2020-10-09T07:10:56Z")

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Can you send me a link to the manual for setting the number of shards replicas?

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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:** [October 9, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/opies-of-shards/248857/4 "2020-10-09T10:04:42Z")

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An example here:

> **[Update index settings API | Elasticsearch Reference \[7.9\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-update-settings.html)**

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**Author:** ![djuwa4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@djuwa4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djuwa4)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/opies-of-shards/248857/5 "2020-10-09T11:31:29Z")

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Thank you very much!

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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:** [November 6, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/opies-of-shards/248857/6 "2020-11-06T11:31:35Z")

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