# Discovery.zen.minimum\_master\_nodes is set to -1 by default

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-zen-minimum-master-nodes-is-set-to-1-by-default/232950>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 16, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-zen-minimum-master-nodes-is-set-to-1-by-default/232950 "2020-05-16T20:42:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discovery-zen-minimum-master-nodes-is-set-to-1-by-default/232950/2 "2020-05-16T22:12:39Z")

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`-1` roughly means the same as `1`. But I think you're [using version 7.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-restoration-from-snapshot-is-taking-a-lot-of-time-in-7-2-0-es/227184), in which case this setting is ignored and should not be set.

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