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Author SHA1 Message Date
James Rodewig b814d10063
[DOCS] Document shard sizing guide (#61942) (#62957)
Revises the current 'How to avoid oversharding' docs to incorporate
information from our [shard sizing blog post][0].

Changes:

* Streamlines introduction
* Adds "Things to remember" section to describe how shards work
* Adds "Guidelines" section based on blog tips
* Creates a "Fix an oversharded cluster" section

[0]: https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-many-shards-should-i-have-in-my-elasticsearch-cluster
2020-09-28 09:57:39 -04:00
debadair c9e03e6ead
[DOCS] Reworked the shard allocation filtering info. (#36456)
* [DOCS] Reworked the shard allocation filtering info. Closes #36079

* Added multiple index allocation settings example back.

* Removed extraneous space
2018-12-11 07:44:57 -08:00
Boaz Leskes 4a7980f96c Merge pull request #16766 from rstruber/patch-1
fix grammar in Total Shards Per Node docs
2016-02-22 08:42:42 -08:00
Lee Hinman 145374b762 Add cluster-wide setting for total shard limit
This adds the `cluster.routing.allocation.total_shards_per_node`
setting, which limits the total number of shards across all indices on
each node. It defaults to -1 and can be dynamically configured.

Resolves #14456
2015-11-09 11:03:07 -07:00
Clinton Gormley 84acb65ca1 Docs: Documented delayed allocation settings
Relates to: #11712
2015-06-30 13:53:04 +02:00