# Elasticsearch scaling and configuration **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 5, 2015, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-scaling-and-configuration/31622 "2015-10-05T10:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Navneet\_Mathpal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/navneet_mathpal/32/3677_2.png) [@Navneet\_Mathpal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Navneet_Mathpal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-scaling-and-configuration/31622/1 "2015-10-05T10:28:03Z")
Hi , I am using elk for log monitoring , I have around 1 GB of data that comes every day. and around 50 users will be using 20 dashboard simultaneously. what should be the production configuration ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-scaling-and-configuration/31622/2 "2015-10-05T11:17:25Z")
Nobody can give you an exact answer to that question because it depends on so many factors. - How many messages per day? - How many days' logs are kept? Will you have any replicas (assuming more than one node)? - Are you using doc values? - What kind of queries? How often? - How big are the messages and how are the fields mapped? - What's the acceptable response time for queries? I suggest you start small and prepare for scaling up and/or out. If you can, try pushing the limits until things start misbehaving. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-scaling-and-configuration/31622/3 "2017-07-05T23:46:44Z")