Expand Size your shards

[tanja-milicic]

Ports Disadvantages of very large shards article to docs.

Summary

• Added links to troubleshooting docs for unbalanced clusters and watermark errors

Generative AI disclosure

1. Did you use a generative AI (GenAI) tool to assist in creating this contribution?

• Yes
• No

cc @stefnestor

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Vale Linting Results

Summary: 4 suggestions found

💡 Suggestions (4)

File	Line	Rule	Message
deploy-manage/production-guidance/optimize-performance/size-shards.md	34	Elastic.WordChoice	Consider using 'can, might' instead of 'may', unless the term is in the UI.
deploy-manage/production-guidance/optimize-performance/size-shards.md	34	Elastic.Wordiness	Consider using 'to' instead of 'in order to'.
deploy-manage/production-guidance/optimize-performance/size-shards.md	34	Elastic.WordChoice	Consider using 'can, might' instead of 'may', unless the term is in the UI.
deploy-manage/production-guidance/optimize-performance/size-shards.md	34	Elastic.WordChoice	Consider using 'can, might' instead of 'may', unless the term is in the UI.

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• deploy-manage/production-guidance/optimize-performance/size-shards.md

[kilfoyle]

LGTM! 🚢
Thank you @tanja-milicic!

[stefnestor]

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