# Difference between the two cluster level settings

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-the-two-cluster-level-settings/115782
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-the-two-cluster-level-settings/115782 "2018-01-16T20:25:17Z")
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### Author: ![fhalde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fhalde/32/21419_2.png) [@fhalde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fhalde)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-the-two-cluster-level-settings/115782/1 "2018-01-16T20:25:17Z")

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What is the difference between

cluster.routing.allocation.enable & cluster.routing.rebalance.enable? And for cluster restarts which one should be disabled?

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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 13, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-the-two-cluster-level-settings/115782/2 "2018-02-13T20:25:19Z")

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