# Can anyone explain the difference between master node and data node in a way easy to understand?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-anyone-explain-the-difference-between-master-node-and-data-node-in-a-way-easy-to-understand/71561>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 13, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-anyone-explain-the-difference-between-master-node-and-data-node-in-a-way-easy-to-understand/71561 "2017-01-13T18:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![nanshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@nanshan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nanshan)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-anyone-explain-the-difference-between-master-node-and-data-node-in-a-way-easy-to-understand/71561/1 "2017-01-13T18:42:50Z")

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master node vs data node?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-anyone-explain-the-difference-between-master-node-and-data-node-in-a-way-easy-to-understand/71561/2 "2017-01-13T19:04:23Z")

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Is there something unclear we can explain in that page?

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/modules-node.html#master-node](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/modules-node.html#master-node)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-anyone-explain-the-difference-between-master-node-and-data-node-in-a-way-easy-to-understand/71561/3 "2017-02-10T19:04:31Z")

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