# Resharding on index fill up

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resharding-on-index-fill-up/9195>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 30, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resharding-on-index-fill-up/9195 "2012-09-30T08:02:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sxamt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@sxamt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sxamt)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resharding-on-index-fill-up/9195/1 "2012-09-30T08:02:29Z")

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Hi,  
In Solr, there is a feature of "ability to split your shards" in case the  
index is filling up.

> **[Solr vs. ElasticSearch: Part 2 – Data Handling](https://sematext.com/blog/solr-vs-elasticsearch-part-2-data-handling/)**
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> \[Note: for those of you who don’t have the time or inclination to go through all the technical details, here’s a high-level, up-to-date (2015) Solr vs. Elasticsearch overview\] In the previous part of…

  
I was wandering whether in Elastic Search there are plans for the same  
functionality? If yes, when is it planned to be released?

Thanks in advance,

Maxim

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/resharding-on-index-fill-up/9195/2 "2017-07-06T03:10:44Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:10am UTC