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= Data store architecture
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[partintro]
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{es} is a distributed document store. Instead of storing information as rows of columnar data, {es} stores complex data structures that have been serialized as JSON documents. When you have multiple {es} nodes in a cluster, stored documents are distributed across the cluster and can be accessed immediately
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from any node.
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The topics in this section provides information about the architecture of {es} and how it stores and retrieves data:
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* <<nodes-shards,Nodes and shards>>: Learn about the basic building blocks of an {es} cluster, including nodes, shards, primaries, and replicas.
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* <<docs-replication,Reading and writing documents>>: Learn how {es} replicates read and write operations across shards and shard copies.
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* <<shard-allocation-relocation-recovery,Shard allocation, relocation, and recovery>>: Learn how {es} allocates and balances shards across nodes.
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include::nodes-shards.asciidoc[]
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include::docs/data-replication.asciidoc[leveloffset=-1]
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include::modules/shard-ops.asciidoc[] |