# Elasticsearch on-premise licensing
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-on-premise-licensing/266821
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** license
**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-on-premise-licensing/266821 "2021-03-10T14:32:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@AlessandroKP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AlessandroKP)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-on-premise-licensing/266821/1 "2021-03-10T14:32:40Z")
Hi all,
I have a question regarding Elasticsearch licensing.
I got a license for an on-premise Elasticsearch deployment that says **max\_nodes=12**.
I know I can apply it to an Elasticsearch cluster comprised of up to 12 data nodes.
But I was wondering, what if I have two clusters, each one of 6 data nodes?
Can I use the same license for both the two clusters?
What I mean is, is there a way to "split" the license in the case I don't want a cluster of 12 data nodes anymore?
Sorry if this is a stupid question, bu I tried to look on the Elastic website and in other places on the Internet, but I could not find any answer.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-on-premise-licensing/266821/2 "2021-03-10T15:42:49Z")
You should definitely contact your sales rep and discuss about this.
My guts feeling is that you need 2 separate contracts but that can be may be part of a global agreement.
If you were using ECE to provide Elastic as a service in your company, that works a bit differently.
But please check all this with the sales team. If you don't know how to reach them, please DM me here. 😉
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### Author:  [@AlessandroKP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AlessandroKP)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-on-premise-licensing/266821/3 "2021-03-13T16:21:18Z")
Hi @dadoonet
thank for you reply.
I suspected that it was not possibile.
Nevertheless I'm going to contact the sales team through the Elastic Support portal to get more insight.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-on-premise-licensing/266821/4 "2021-04-10T16:21:42Z")
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