# Dedicated X-Pack Monitoring Cluster Questions
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-x-pack-monitoring-cluster-questions/106606
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 7, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-x-pack-monitoring-cluster-questions/106606 "2017-11-07T01:40:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ritchierich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ritchierich)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-x-pack-monitoring-cluster-questions/106606/1 "2017-11-07T01:40:52Z")
What's the compatibility of X-Pack versions?
I want to split my X-Pack Basic monitoring from my production ES 5.4.x Cluster. If I spin up a dedicated X-Pack Monitoring Cluster as version ES 5.6.
- Can the ES 5.4 Cluster send to X-Pack Monitoring Cluster as ES 5.6?
- Can a send other ES Clusters (Dev, QA) to same X-Pack Monitoring Cluster as ES 5.6?
Thanks in advance. 🙂
Cheers,
Rich
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### Author:  [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-x-pack-monitoring-cluster-questions/106606/2 "2017-11-07T03:41:48Z")
this not ok, it recommend use the same version about x-pack and elasticsearch
the x-pack can install all env elasticsearch cluster and kibana use the license to base/gold...
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-x-pack-monitoring-cluster-questions/106606/3 "2017-11-07T04:45:04Z")
1. Should work.
2. Won't work, that is a a Gold or above level feature.
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### Author:  [@ritchierich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ritchierich)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-x-pack-monitoring-cluster-questions/106606/4 "2017-11-07T05:18:38Z")
Thanks!
I want to move the monitoring off before I update the Prod Cluster to v5.6. Good to know about the Gold support for multi-cluster.
Cheers,
Rich
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-x-pack-monitoring-cluster-questions/106606/5 "2017-12-05T05:19:15Z")
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