# Why shards doesn't distribute evenly?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shards-doesnt-distribute-evenly/70111>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 28, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shards-doesnt-distribute-evenly/70111 "2016-12-28T07:16:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hubo3085632](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hubo3085632/32/23724_2.png) [@hubo3085632](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hubo3085632)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shards-doesnt-distribute-evenly/70111/1 "2016-12-28T07:16:21Z")

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i add two replicas,but the most shards distributed on three nodes,there has six nodes,do i miss some settings?

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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:** [December 28, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shards-doesnt-distribute-evenly/70111/2 "2016-12-28T07:49:08Z")

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Do all nodes have the same version of Elasticsearch? Do they have the same amount of storage available?

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**Author:** ![hubo3085632](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hubo3085632/32/23724_2.png) [@hubo3085632](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hubo3085632)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shards-doesnt-distribute-evenly/70111/3 "2016-12-28T08:01:26Z")

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😓, the amount of storage available is different,thank you

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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:** [January 25, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-shards-doesnt-distribute-evenly/70111/4 "2017-01-25T08:01:39Z")

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