# Why use multiple ElasticSearch indices for one web application?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-use-multiple-elasticsearch-indices-for-one-web-application/27092>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 10, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-use-multiple-elasticsearch-indices-for-one-web-application/27092 "2015-08-10T02:52:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![loren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/loren/32/44942_2.png) [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-use-multiple-elasticsearch-indices-for-one-web-application/27092/5 "2015-08-11T23:00:27Z")

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This one came up before and both @warkolm and I chimed in here: [Types and Indices. One to one?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/types-and-indices-one-to-one/1190)

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