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# ElasticSearch Equilibrium

## Why?

Depending on how you have ES nodes allocated across the system, and
the way the your data goes across indices. It is possible to end up
with a cluster that is weighted (in terms of disk) towards certain
physical nodes. ES-equilibrium was created to ensure that the disk
limit wasn't accidentally reached when creating new shards, and to
allow the ability to balance disk usage across nodes in the cluster.

A good rule of thumb is: **If you don't know whether you need this,
you probably don't need it.**

## 0.19.4

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