# Relations between nodes, replicas and shards **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 12, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relations-between-nodes-replicas-and-shards/9668 "2012-11-12T10:34:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marcin\_Dojwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcin_dojwa/32/2307_2.png) [@Marcin\_Dojwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcin_Dojwa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relations-between-nodes-replicas-and-shards/9668/1 "2012-11-12T10:34:29Z")
Hi, Are there any relations between nodes, replicas and shards that asume minumum available nodes for specified number of shards and replicas in one index ? I have 1 index splited into 60 shards with 2 replicas. When I start first node none of the shards gets assigned. They are getting assigned after starting the second node. So the question is, is there any equation for minimum number of available nodes using number of shards and replicas ? Thanks for the answer. Best regards. -- ---
**Author:** ![Rafal\_Kuc\_3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rafal_kuc_3/32/799_2.png) [@Rafal\_Kuc\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rafal_Kuc_3)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relations-between-nodes-replicas-and-shards/9668/2 "2012-11-12T10:46:55Z")
Hello! What is your gateway recovery configuration ? Can you try setting the following property: gateway.recover\_after\_nodes: 1 That will tell ElasticSearch to start the recovery after a single node is present. -- Regards, Rafał Kuć Sematext :: [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch - ElasticSearch Hi, Are there any relations between nodes, replicas and shards that asume minumum available nodes for specified number of shards and replicas in one index ? I have 1 index splited into 60 shards with 2 replicas. When I start first node none of the shards gets assigned. They are getting assigned after starting the second node. So the question is, is there any equation for minimum number of available nodes using number of shards and replicas ? Thanks for the answer. ## Best regards. -- ---
**Author:** ![Marcin\_Dojwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcin_dojwa/32/2307_2.png) [@Marcin\_Dojwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcin_Dojwa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relations-between-nodes-replicas-and-shards/9668/3 "2012-11-12T10:58:32Z")
A have default (local) gateway. Do you recommend any other gateway? I will check this (gateway.recover\_after\_nodes: 1) today. Thanks. Best regards. 2012/11/12 Rafał Kuć [r.kuc@solr.pl](mailto:r.kuc@solr.pl) > Hello! > > What is your gateway recovery configuration ? Can you try setting the > following property: > > gateway.recover\_after\_nodes: 1 > > That will tell Elasticsearch to start the recovery after a single node > is present. > > -- > Regards, > Rafał Kuć > Sematext :: [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch - Elasticsearch > > Hi, > > Are there any relations between nodes, replicas and shards that asume > minumum available nodes for specified number of shards and replicas in one > index ? I have 1 index splited into 60 shards with 2 replicas. When I start > first node none of the shards gets assigned. They are getting assigned > after starting the second node. So the question is, is there any equation > for minimum number of available nodes using number of shards and replicas ? > > Thanks for the answer. > > ## Best regards. > > -- -- ---
**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, 3:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/relations-between-nodes-replicas-and-shards/9668/4 "2017-07-06T03:04:47Z")