# Out of Box index and shard settings

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/out-of-box-index-and-shard-settings/176226>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 10, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/out-of-box-index-and-shard-settings/176226 "2019-04-10T13:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![manylogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manylogs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manylogs)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/out-of-box-index-and-shard-settings/176226/1 "2019-04-10T13:28:30Z")

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Hi all,

I have a basic set up. The stack is installed on a Windows 2012 box. I have only configured it to take windows logs through winlogbeat. I have not configured any other settings.

I am ingesting from 3 assets: 2 remote and itself.

I started looking into the concepts of Index and Shards as a result I check what my current solution looked like.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/8/c80498b6635affd1209c5e5c1f8777ede6db3fd5.png)

Is it normal for the stack to create this many Indexes for such a small set up?

Would it be better to create one index because the log types are the same?

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:** [May 8, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/out-of-box-index-and-shard-settings/176226/2 "2019-05-08T13:28:49Z")

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