# Slow log explanation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-log-explanation/78709>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 15, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-log-explanation/78709 "2017-03-15T13:41:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Utkarsh\_Pyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a587f6/32.png) [@Utkarsh\_Pyne](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Utkarsh_Pyne)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-log-explanation/78709/1 "2017-03-15T13:41:31Z")

</div>

I had a confusion after looking at a slow log and wanted some help in getting that clarified, can someone help me understand what total\_shards[] stands for in fetch phase slow logs.

I'm assuming that it's either the total number of shards in the index or number of shards that are queried. It's weird that I see a value of 1766 when I have less than these number of shards in that index. Has that something to do with other indices present, although log print only one index name.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-log-explanation/78709/2 "2017-03-16T07:49:37Z")

</div>

Can you post the log entry?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-log-explanation/78709/3 "2017-04-13T07:49:46Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.