# The total indexation hits

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-total-indexation-hits/230102>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-total-indexation-hits/230102 "2020-04-28T08:18:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yassine\_Nifa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yassine_nifa/32/63534_2.png) [@Yassine\_Nifa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yassine_Nifa)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-total-indexation-hits/230102/1 "2020-04-28T08:18:33Z")

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Hello,  
I want to know what is the max number of doc that can we store in the elasticsearch database  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-total-indexation-hits/230102/2 "2020-04-28T09:21:46Z")

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There is a limit around 2 billion per shard, but as an index can consist of many shards and a cluster can support many indices there is no such limit that can be defined.

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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 26, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-total-indexation-hits/230102/3 "2020-05-26T09:21:56Z")

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