# Unequal shards size in one index

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unequal-shards-size-in-one-index/200853
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unequal-shards-size-in-one-index/200853 "2019-09-24T11:29:16Z")
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### Author: ![morita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@morita](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/morita)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unequal-shards-size-in-one-index/200853/1 "2019-09-24T11:29:17Z")

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hi, shard sizes in one index are unequal (see attached photo) why it's like this?

elastic version: 5.6

![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/c/8c9fc53d2de1d4bddbf12241ddc140a8a6458cfd.jpeg)

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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: [October 22, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unequal-shards-size-in-one-index/200853/2 "2019-10-22T11:32:11Z")

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