# What is the mathematic formula for auto assignment of nodes?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-mathematic-formula-for-auto-assignment-of-nodes/6100>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 8, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-mathematic-formula-for-auto-assignment-of-nodes/6100 "2011-12-08T15:21:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![ohlala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@ohlala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ohlala)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-mathematic-formula-for-auto-assignment-of-nodes/6100/1 "2011-12-08T15:21:08Z")

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1. What is the mathematic formula for auto assignment of nodes?

2. How does the nodes' data get re-assigned?

Can anyone answer me these?

Ray

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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, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-mathematic-formula-for-auto-assignment-of-nodes/6100/2 "2017-07-06T03:46:02Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:46am UTC