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### Shard count
Historically, Mapzen Search has used 24 Elasticsearch shards for its builds. However, our latest
guidance from the Elasticsearch team is that shards should be no larger than 50GB, but otherwise
Historically, Mapzen Search has used 24 Elasticsearch shards for its builds. However, the latest
[guidance from the Elasticsearch team](https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-many-shards-should-i-have-in-my-elasticsearch-cluster) is that shards should be no larger than 50GB, but otherwise
having as few shards as possible is best. At [geocode.earth](https://geocode.earth) we are
experimenting with 12 shard builds, and may eventually move to 6. We would appreciate performance