# Elasticsearch sizing: Number of nodes, RAM needed

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sizing-number-of-nodes-ram-needed/177186
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 17, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sizing-number-of-nodes-ram-needed/177186 "2019-04-17T04:51:22Z")
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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-sizing-number-of-nodes-ram-needed/177186/2 "2019-04-17T05:27:28Z")

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This will depend on your data, hardware and query requirements. I would recommend looking at the following resources:

> **[Sizing Hot-Warm Architectures for Logging and Metrics in the Elasticsearch...](https://www.elastic.co/blog/sizing-hot-warm-architectures-for-logging-and-metrics-in-the-elasticsearch-service-on-elastic-cloud)**
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> Want to learn more about the differences between the Amazon Elasticsearch Service and our official Elasticsearch Service? Visit our AWS Elasticsearch comparison page. These are exciting times! Elastic...

> **[How many shards should I have in my Elasticsearch cluster?
	  	 | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-many-shards-should-i-have-in-my-elasticsearch-cluster)**
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> Elasticsearch is a very versatile platform, that supports a variety of use cases, and provides great flexibility around data organisation and replication strategies. This flexibility can however somet...

[https://www.elastic.co/webinars/using-rally-to-get-your-elasticsearch-cluster-size-right](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/using-rally-to-get-your-elasticsearch-cluster-size-right)

[https://www.elastic.co/elasticon/conf/2016/sf/quantitative-cluster-sizing](https://www.elastic.co/elasticon/conf/2016/sf/quantitative-cluster-sizing)

[https://www.elastic.co/webinars/optimizing-storage-efficiency-in-elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/optimizing-storage-efficiency-in-elasticsearch)

[https://www.elastic.co/elasticon/conf/2018/sf/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-elasticsearch-benchmarking](https://www.elastic.co/elasticon/conf/2018/sf/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-elasticsearch-benchmarking)

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