# Coordinating taking up memory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/coordinating-taking-up-memory/210878>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/coordinating-taking-up-memory/210878 "2019-12-06T11:22:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![lusynda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lusynda/32/53557_2.png) [@lusynda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lusynda)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/coordinating-taking-up-memory/210878/1 "2019-12-06T11:22:04Z")

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Dear all  
In my cluster i have 2 coordinating node with 8GB of ram  
for some reason after i do some reindexing now the cooridinating node is constantly lack memory.  
So can i ask if 8GB for each is enough or do i need more  
My cluster has 3 master and 3 data node running

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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:** [January 3, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/coordinating-taking-up-memory/210878/2 "2020-01-03T11:22:21Z")

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