# Problem with relocating shard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-relocating-shard/159912>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-relocating-shard/159912 "2018-12-07T10:55:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Zerobot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zerobot/32/48977_2.png) [@Zerobot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zerobot)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-relocating-shard/159912/1 "2018-12-07T10:55:20Z")

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Hi! I've got a question regarding relocations of shards. I'm trying to relocate 4 shards, 2.5 GB each into another node using curator (from SSD to SSD). So I'm changing the box\_type from hot to warm, shards are relocating etc but when the process hits 100% whole allocation process starts all over again - what could be the reason of that?

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-relocating-shard/159912/2 "2018-12-07T23:11:31Z")

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Can you share some more information about what you're actually seeing? There's only a limited number of shard movements permitted at once, so I wonder if you are seeing the end of one relocation followed by the start of the next, and everything's actually fine.

If a relocation is actually failing, there should be log messages indicating why, and we can help interpret them if needed.

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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:** [January 4, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-relocating-shard/159912/3 "2019-01-04T23:11:36Z")

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Closed on January 4, 2019, 11:11pm UTC

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