# Shrink Index - add 'shrink' as a suffix

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-index-add-shrink-as-a-suffix/182982>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [May 28, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-index-add-shrink-as-a-suffix/182982 "2019-05-28T05:00:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dakrone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dakrone/32/23351_2.png) [@dakrone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dakrone)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shrink-index-add-shrink-as-a-suffix/182982/6 "2019-05-29T17:02:37Z")

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> [@NerdSec](#):
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> So, does that mean that my existing index pattern of `my-index-*` will work for the shrunk index too, right?

Yes that's correct.

> [@NerdSec](#):
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> we are aiming to keep the shard size to around **40GB**.

Okay, for a 40gb shard you should be completely fine to fully force merge it to a single segment.

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