# Cluster Achitecture **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 22, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-achitecture/136976 "2018-06-22T06:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ysl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4af34b/32.png) [@ysl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ysl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-achitecture/136976/1 "2018-06-22T06:52:02Z")
Hello, I would like to setup my Elasticsearch cluster with the hardware specification and condition as below: **Hardware for each node** 16 Gb ram 8 virtual cores **conditions** Starts with 10Tb disk space in total Data storage increase 1Tb per day One single index contains daily data around 100Gb Can anyone suggest the architecture that is optimum or good to start with, for example: 1. index slicing (is the size of 100Gb per index good to support daily data?) 2. number of shards ? 3. number of cores ? 4. are 10gb a suitable size to start with ? Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-achitecture/136976/2 "2018-06-22T08:03:35Z")
How many nodes are you looking to have? How long do you intend to keep data in the cluster? What type of storage do you have? To know how much a node can handle for your specific hardware, I would recommend running some benchmarks as outlined in these resources: [https://www.elastic.co/elasticon/conf/2016/sf/quantitative-cluster-sizing](https://www.elastic.co/elasticon/conf/2016/sf/quantitative-cluster-sizing) [https://www.elastic.co/webinars/using-rally-to-get-your-elasticsearch-cluster-size-right](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/using-rally-to-get-your-elasticsearch-cluster-size-right) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-achitecture/136976/3 "2018-07-20T08:03:45Z")
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