# Elasticsearch Output: Node outages

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-node-outages/60726>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 16, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-node-outages/60726 "2016-09-16T14:59:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dawiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-node-outages/60726/1 "2016-09-16T14:59:53Z")

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Hi,  
Can anyone tell me how the elasticsearch output handles a subset of it's elasticsearch hosts being down? Should I take the bad hosts out or does logstash handle it seamlessly?

Regards,  
David

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-node-outages/60726/2 "2016-09-17T05:28:27Z")

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> **[Elasticsearch output plugin | Logstash Reference \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#plugins-outputs-elasticsearch-hosts)**

> If given an array it will load balance requests across the hosts specified in the hosts parameter.

That should also state that if it cannot contact a node it'll ignore it and try the next in the list.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-output-node-outages/60726/3 "2017-07-06T04:38:08Z")

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