# Elastic Stack architecture recommandation in production

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-architecture-recommandation-in-production/260915>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 12, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-architecture-recommandation-in-production/260915 "2021-01-12T22:16:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![abdallah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdallah/32/77123_2.png) [@abdallah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdallah)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-architecture-recommandation-in-production/260915/1 "2021-01-12T22:16:46Z")

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Hi,  
we have an ELK cluster with 3 ES data, 2 ES master. We have also 2 Logstash and 1 kibana.  
Is it recommended to have a load balancer between logstash and ES nodes?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-architecture-recommandation-in-production/260915/2 "2021-01-12T22:53:00Z")

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No need  
Point your logstash output to all 3 data nodes it will load balance automatically

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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 9, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-architecture-recommandation-in-production/260915/3 "2021-02-09T22:53:12Z")

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