diff --git a/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_layout_checker.h b/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_layout_checker.h
index 407f0b7c7f77..78c9e3e05f86 100644
--- a/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_layout_checker.h
+++ b/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_layout_checker.h
@@ -201,12 +201,15 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
                 const TVDiskIdShort vdisk = Topology.GetVDiskId(orderNumber);
                 const ui32 domainIdx = Topology.GetFailDomainOrderNumber(vdisk);
 
+                const auto& disksPerRealm = NumDisksPerRealm[vdisk.FailRealm][pos.Realm];
+                const auto& disksPerDomain = NumDisksPerDomain[domainIdx][pos.Domain];
+
                 return {
-                    .RealmInterlace = NumDisksPerRealmTotal[pos.Realm] - NumDisksPerRealm[vdisk.FailRealm][pos.Realm],
-                    .DomainInterlace = NumDisksPerDomainTotal[pos.Domain] - NumDisksPerDomain[domainIdx][pos.Domain],
+                    .RealmInterlace = NumDisksPerRealmTotal[pos.Realm] - disksPerRealm,
+                    .DomainInterlace = NumDisksPerDomainTotal[pos.Domain] - disksPerDomain,
                     .RealmGroupScatter = NumDisks - NumDisksPerRealmGroup[pos.RealmGroup],
-                    .RealmScatter = NumDisksInRealm[vdisk.FailRealm] - NumDisksPerRealm[vdisk.FailRealm][pos.Realm],
-                    .DomainScatter = NumDisksInDomain[domainIdx] - NumDisksPerDomain[domainIdx][pos.Domain],
+                    .RealmScatter = NumDisksInRealm[vdisk.FailRealm] - disksPerRealm,
+                    .DomainScatter = NumDisksInDomain[domainIdx] - disksPerDomain,
                 };
             }
 
diff --git a/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_mapper.cpp b/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_mapper.cpp
index 0aaa2ad11dc9..c31fd5c83c51 100644
--- a/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_mapper.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_mapper.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,13 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
                 }
             }
 
-            ui32 GetPickerScore() const {
-                return NumSlots;
+            // can be negative
+            i32 FreeSlots() const {
+                return i32(MaxSlots) - NumSlots;
+            }
+
+            double GetPickerScore() const {
+                return double(NumSlots) / MaxSlots;
             }
         };
 
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
 
         using TPDomainCandidatesRange = std::pair<std::vector<ui32>::const_iterator, std::vector<ui32>::const_iterator>;
         using TPDiskCandidatesRange = std::pair<std::vector<TPDiskInfo*>::const_iterator, std::vector<TPDiskInfo*>::const_iterator>;
-       
+
         struct TDiskManager {
             TImpl& Self;
             const TBlobStorageGroupInfo::TTopology Topology;
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
 
                 return res;
             }
-            
+
             TGroupConstraints ProcessGroupConstraints(const TGroupConstraintsDefinition& groupConstraints) {
                 TGroupConstraints res(Topology.GetTotalVDisksNum());
                 Traverse(groupConstraints, [&](TVDiskIdShort vdisk, TTargetDiskConstraints diskConstraints) {
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
                 return true;
             }
 
-            TPDiskByPosition SetupMatchingDisks(ui32 maxScore) {
+            TPDiskByPosition SetupMatchingDisks(double maxScore) {
                 TPDiskByPosition res;
                 res.reserve(Self.PDiskByPosition.size());
 
@@ -245,8 +250,8 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
             }
 
             bool DiskIsBetter(const TPDiskInfo& pretender, const TPDiskInfo& king) const {
-                if (pretender.NumSlots != king.NumSlots) {
-                    return pretender.NumSlots < king.NumSlots;
+                if (pretender.FreeSlots() != king.FreeSlots()) {
+                    return pretender.FreeSlots() > king.FreeSlots();
                 } else if (GivesLocalityBoost(pretender, king) || BetterQuotaMatch(pretender, king)) {
                     return true;
                 } else {
@@ -293,7 +298,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
                 const auto it = LocalityFactor.find(groupId);
                 return it != LocalityFactor.end() ? it->second : 0;
             }
-        }; 
+        };
 
         struct TAllocator : public TDiskManager {
 
@@ -303,7 +308,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
             {
             }
 
-            bool FillInGroup(ui32 maxScore, TUndoLog& undo, TGroup& group, const TGroupConstraints& constraints) {
+            bool FillInGroup(double maxScore, TUndoLog& undo, TGroup& group, const TGroupConstraints& constraints) {
                 // determine PDisks that fit our requirements (including score)
                 auto v = SetupMatchingDisks(maxScore);
 
@@ -575,7 +580,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
             }
 
             bool SetupNavigation(const TGroup& group) {
-                TPDiskByPosition matchingDisks = SetupMatchingDisks(::Max<ui32>());
+                TPDiskByPosition matchingDisks = SetupMatchingDisks(::Max<double>());
                 const ui32 totalFailRealmsNum = Topology.GetTotalFailRealmsNum();
                 const ui32 numFailDomainsPerFailRealm = Topology.GetNumFailDomainsPerFailRealm();
                 const ui32 numDisksPerFailRealm = numFailDomainsPerFailRealm * Topology.GetNumVDisksPerFailDomain();
@@ -653,7 +658,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
                         if (toMoveOut + freeDomains < toMoveIn) {
                             continue; // not enough free domains to place all the disks
                         }
-                        if (newMovesRequired < movesRequired || (newMovesRequired == movesRequired && 
+                        if (newMovesRequired < movesRequired || (newMovesRequired == movesRequired &&
                                 freeDomains > pDomainsInPRealm[bestRealm].size())) {
                             bestRealm = pRealm;
                             movesRequired = newMovesRequired;
@@ -684,7 +689,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
                 }
             }
 
-            void SetupCandidates(ui32 maxScore) {
+            void SetupCandidates(double maxScore) {
                 TPDiskByPosition matchingDisks = SetupMatchingDisks(maxScore);
                 DomainCandidates.clear();
                 DiskCandidates.clear();
@@ -738,7 +743,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
             std::pair<TMisplacedVDisks::EFailLevel, std::vector<ui32>> FindMisplacedVDisks(const TGroup& group) {
                 using EFailLevel = TMisplacedVDisks::EFailLevel;
                 std::unordered_map<ui32, std::unordered_set<ui32>> usedPDomains; // pRealm -> { pDomain1, pDomain2, ... }
-                std::set<TPDiskId> usedPDisks; 
+                std::set<TPDiskId> usedPDisks;
                 // {pRealm, pDomain} -> { pdisk1, pdisk2, ... }
 
                 EFailLevel failLevel = EFailLevel::ALL_OK;
@@ -806,7 +811,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
                 return {failLevel, misplacedVDisks};
             }
 
-            std::optional<TPDiskId> TargetMisplacedVDisk(ui32 maxScore, const TGroup& group, const TVDiskIdShort& vdisk) {
+            std::optional<TPDiskId> TargetMisplacedVDisk(double maxScore, const TGroup& group, const TVDiskIdShort& vdisk) {
                 for (ui32 orderNumber = 0; orderNumber < group.size(); ++orderNumber) {
                     if (!group[orderNumber] && orderNumber != Topology.GetOrderNumber(vdisk)) {
                         return std::nullopt;
@@ -821,11 +826,11 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
 
                 const auto& domainCandidates = DomainCandidates[pRealm];
                 TPDomainCandidatesRange pDomainRange = { domainCandidates.begin(), domainCandidates.end() };
-                
+
                 for (; pDomainRange.first != pDomainRange.second;) {
                     ui32 pDomain = *pDomainRange.first++;
                     const auto& diskCandidates = DiskCandidates[pRealm][pDomain];
-                    
+
                     if (!diskCandidates.empty()) {
                         return (*diskCandidates.begin())->PDiskId;
                     }
@@ -966,7 +971,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
             }
 
             // calculate score table
-            std::vector<ui32> scores;
+            std::vector<double> scores;
             for (const auto& [pdiskId, pdisk] : PDisks) {
                 if (allocator.DiskIsUsable(pdisk)) {
                     scores.push_back(pdisk.GetPickerScore());
@@ -1033,7 +1038,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
                 return TMisplacedVDisks(EFailLevel::INCORRECT_LAYOUT, {}, "Cannot map failRealms to pRealms");
             }
 
-            sanitizer.SetupCandidates(::Max<ui32>());
+            sanitizer.SetupCandidates(::Max<double>());
             auto [failLevel, misplacedVDiskNums] = sanitizer.FindMisplacedVDisks(group);
             std::vector<TVDiskIdShort> misplacedVDisks;
             for (ui32 orderNum : misplacedVDiskNums) {
@@ -1042,7 +1047,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
             return TMisplacedVDisks(failLevel, misplacedVDisks);
         }
 
-        std::optional<TPDiskId> TargetMisplacedVDisk(ui32 groupId, TGroupDefinition& groupDefinition, TVDiskIdShort vdisk, 
+        std::optional<TPDiskId> TargetMisplacedVDisk(ui32 groupId, TGroupDefinition& groupDefinition, TVDiskIdShort vdisk,
                 TForbiddenPDisks forbid, i64 requiredSpace, bool requireOperational, TString& error) {
             if (Dirty) {
                 std::sort(PDiskByPosition.begin(), PDiskByPosition.end());
@@ -1067,7 +1072,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
             }
 
             // calculate score table
-            std::vector<ui32> scores;
+            std::vector<double> scores;
             for (const auto& [pdiskId, pdisk] : PDisks) {
                 if (sanitizer.DiskIsUsable(pdisk)) {
                     scores.push_back(pdisk.GetPickerScore());
@@ -1077,7 +1082,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
             scores.erase(std::unique(scores.begin(), scores.end()), scores.end());
 
             // bisect scores to find optimal working one
-            sanitizer.SetupCandidates(::Max<ui32>());
+            sanitizer.SetupCandidates(::Max<double>());
 
             std::optional<TPDiskId> result;
 
@@ -1152,7 +1157,7 @@ namespace NKikimr::NBsController {
         return Impl->FindMisplacedVDisks(group);
     }
 
-    std::optional<TPDiskId> TGroupMapper::TargetMisplacedVDisk(TGroupId groupId, TGroupMapper::TGroupDefinition& group, 
+    std::optional<TPDiskId> TGroupMapper::TargetMisplacedVDisk(TGroupId groupId, TGroupMapper::TGroupDefinition& group,
             TVDiskIdShort vdisk, TForbiddenPDisks forbid, i64 requiredSpace, bool requireOperational, TString& error) {
         return Impl->TargetMisplacedVDisk(groupId.GetRawId(), group, vdisk, std::move(forbid), requiredSpace, requireOperational, error);
     }
diff --git a/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_mapper_ut.cpp b/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_mapper_ut.cpp
index 714967e7fd5c..8126b2d53101 100644
--- a/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_mapper_ut.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/mind/bscontroller/group_mapper_ut.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class TTestContext {
 
         ESanitizeResult status = ESanitizeResult::ALREADY;
         TString error;
-        
+
         if (!result.Disks.empty()) {
             status = ESanitizeResult::FAIL;
             for (auto vdisk : result.Disks) {
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class TTestContext {
     }
 
     void PopulateGroupMapper(TGroupMapper& mapper, ui32 maxSlots = 16, TSet<TPDiskId> unusableDisks = {},
-            TSet<TPDiskId> nonoperationalDisks = {}, std::optional<ui32> decommittedDataCenter = std::nullopt) {
+            TSet<TPDiskId> nonoperationalDisks = {}, std::optional<ui32> decommittedDataCenter = std::nullopt, bool equalSlots = true) {
         std::map<TPDiskId, std::vector<ui32>> groupDisks;
         for (const auto& [groupId, group] : Groups) {
             for (TPDiskId pdiskId : group.PDisks) {
@@ -443,12 +443,13 @@ class TTestContext {
         }
         for (const auto& pair : PDisks) {
             auto& g = groupDisks[pair.first];
+            const auto& location = pair.second.GetLocation().GetLegacyValue();
             mapper.RegisterPDisk({
                 .PDiskId = pair.first,
                 .Location = pair.second.GetLocation(),
                 .Usable = !unusableDisks.count(pair.first),
                 .NumSlots = pair.second.NumSlots,
-                .MaxSlots = maxSlots,
+                .MaxSlots = equalSlots || location.Rack < 8 ? maxSlots : 2 * maxSlots,
                 .Groups{g.begin(), g.end()},
                 .SpaceAvailable = 0,
                 .Operational = !nonoperationalDisks.contains(pair.first),
@@ -637,6 +638,32 @@ Y_UNIT_TEST_SUITE(TGroupMapperTest) {
         }
     }
 
+    Y_UNIT_TEST(NonUniformClusterDifferentSlotsPerDisk) {
+        std::vector<std::tuple<ui32, ui32, ui32, ui32, ui32>> disks;
+        for (ui32 rack = 0; rack < 12; ++rack) {
+            disks.emplace_back(1, 1, rack, 1, 1);
+        }
+        std::random_shuffle(disks.begin(), disks.end());
+        TTestContext context(disks);
+        UNIT_ASSERT_VALUES_EQUAL((8 + 4), context.GetTotalDisks());
+        TGroupMapper mapper(TTestContext::CreateGroupGeometry(TBlobStorageGroupType::Erasure4Plus2Block));
+        context.PopulateGroupMapper(mapper, 8, {}, {}, std::nullopt, false);
+        for (ui32 i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+            Ctest << i << "/" << 16 << Endl;
+            TGroupMapper::TGroupDefinition group;
+            context.AllocateGroup(mapper, group);
+            context.CheckGroupErasure(group);
+        }
+        TVector<ui32> slots = context.GetSlots();
+        ui64 slots_total = 0;
+        for (ui32 numSlots : slots) {
+            slots_total += numSlots;
+            Ctest << "slots " << numSlots << " ";
+        }
+        Ctest << slots_total << Endl;
+        UNIT_ASSERT_VALUES_EQUAL(slots_total, 8 * 8 + 4 * 16);
+    }
+
     Y_UNIT_TEST(NonUniformCluster2) {
         std::vector<std::tuple<ui32, ui32, ui32, ui32, ui32>> disks;
         for (ui32 rack = 0, body = 0; rack < 12; ++rack) {
@@ -1012,9 +1039,9 @@ Y_UNIT_TEST_SUITE(TGroupMapperTest) {
 
             Ctest << "group after layout shuffling:" << Endl;
             context.DumpGroup(groupDef);
-            
+
             ui32 sanitationStep = 0;
-            
+
             TGroupMapper::TGroupDefinition group = groupDef;
             TString path = "";
             TSet<TGroupMapper::TGroupDefinition> seen;