# Question about shard balancing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-shard-balancing/271796>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-shard-balancing/271796 "2021-04-30T14:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![syn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@syn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syn)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-shard-balancing/271796/1 "2021-04-30T14:44:12Z")

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hi all,

i've a qn.. if node1 has 3 shards. i add node2 and node3 at a later time, will the 3 shards balance out automatically? i.e. 1 shard in each node

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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:** [April 30, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-shard-balancing/271796/2 "2021-04-30T16:09:51Z")

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Welcome.

If you have 3 shards in total, the answer is yes.

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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 28, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-shard-balancing/271796/3 "2021-05-28T16:10:03Z")

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