# Why 1000 shards?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-1000-shards/261324>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 16, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-1000-shards/261324 "2021-01-16T17:48:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aniket\_Pant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Aniket\_Pant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniket_Pant)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-1000-shards/261324/1 "2021-01-16T17:48:21Z")

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Why elasticsearch has 1000 shards at a cluster level is there any specific reason because i know too many shards causes memory problem, query speed low, recovery of shards etc

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**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:** [January 16, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-1000-shards/261324/2 "2021-01-16T23:17:17Z")

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Are you asking why a cluster has 1000 shards? That would be dependant on the data you are ingesting and your setup.

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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:** [February 13, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-1000-shards/261324/3 "2021-02-13T23:17:22Z")

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