# Why shard relocating is happening all the time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shard-relocating-is-happening-all-the-time/243648>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shard-relocating-is-happening-all-the-time/243648 "2020-08-04T05:24:43Z")\
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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:** [August 4, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shard-relocating-is-happening-all-the-time/243648/4 "2020-08-04T06:35:52Z")

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Take a look at - [How do I increase or reduce the shard count of an existing index?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-increase-or-reduce-the-shard-count-of-an-existing-index/242704)

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