# 2 machine cluster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 28, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-machine-cluster/22448 "2015-02-28T03:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dennis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dennis)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-machine-cluster/22448/1 "2015-02-28T03:05:48Z")
I am planning my site's early architectures. 1/ Development =\> ONE machine 2/ Beta with friends and VERY early adopters =\> ONE machine 3/ Open to membership only vor early adopters and interested parties ONE machine, with scalable cores/memory/disk 4/ Open to public TWO machines, with scalable cores/memory/disk 5/ Beginning of decent traffic or upcoming magazine article Development of separate services, private network, mimimum of approximately 10 small to medium machines 6/ Beginning of real company with momentum Multi avaliablity zones, data centers. =================================================== At least, this is how the dream goes so far 😉 My question is, can ES work with two nodes in a cluster? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/becad27a-5de0-4fc4-a5aa-2edbee16c02e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/becad27a-5de0-4fc4-a5aa-2edbee16c02e%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Dennis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dennis)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-machine-cluster/22448/2 "2015-02-28T03:26:46Z")
I answered this question myself. YES, 2 machine/nodes can be done and are a no brainer, really. As long as they are in the same network, they will find each other. physically closer through less switches/routers and in the same subnet are best, I assume. It's when you get to THREE or more, you actually have to pay atention to default settings and maybe change them. > **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. > **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Dennis [gearond@gmail.com](mailto:gearond@gmail.com) wrote: > I am planning my site's early architectures. > > 1/ Development =\> > ONE machine > > 2/ Beta with friends and VERY early adopters =\> > ONE machine > > 3/ Open to membership only vor early adopters and interested parties > ONE machine, with scalable cores/memory/disk > > 4/ Open to public > TWO machines, with scalable cores/memory/disk > > 5/ Beginning of decent traffic or upcoming magazine article > Development of separate services, private network, mimimum of > approximately 10 small to medium machines > > 6/ Beginning of real company with momentum > Multi avaliablity zones, data centers. > > =================================================== > At least, this is how the dream goes so far 😉 > > My question is, can ES work with two nodes in a cluster? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/uCGxvy5skHg/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/uCGxvy5skHg/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/becad27a-5de0-4fc4-a5aa-2edbee16c02e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/becad27a-5de0-4fc4-a5aa-2edbee16c02e%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/becad27a-5de0-4fc4-a5aa-2edbee16c02e%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/becad27a-5de0-4fc4-a5aa-2edbee16c02e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAAJay%2BZ%2B9v%2BnsVJEGRF\_BK%2BNmMwP5\_A4\_LBnmOW%2B-b%2B-P8q%3DRg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAAJay%2BZ%2B9v%2BnsVJEGRF_BK%2BNmMwP5_A4_LBnmOW%2B-b%2B-P8q%3DRg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-machine-cluster/22448/3 "2017-07-06T00:29:17Z")