# Linear Scaling with ES **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 13, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linear-scaling-with-es/18103 "2014-06-13T21:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pranav\_amin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@pranav\_amin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranav_amin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linear-scaling-with-es/18103/1 "2014-06-13T21:48:24Z")
Hi, We have been spending considerable amount of time now just to figure out if we can get linear scaling in ES by increasing number of nodes or shards or some other parameters. We did so many experiments, changing shards, changing nodes, changing replica, etc but looks to me with everything we were hitting a limit. I know this is a very broad question i'm asking, but does anyone know if it is even possible? Is there any formula or magic mantra to achieve this. Thank a lot in advance if someone can answer this. It can save me some time. Thanks Pranav. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d0122c86-f8d8-4e5a-bf07-fa225c2b787c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d0122c86-f8d8-4e5a-bf07-fa225c2b787c%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [June 13, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linear-scaling-with-es/18103/2 "2014-06-13T22:48:07Z")
The answer is - it depends. If you can provide a bit more detail on what you've done, your setup etc, maybe someone can provide more assistance. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 14 June 2014 07:48, pranav amin [parulpatel25@gmail.com](mailto:parulpatel25@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > We have been spending considerable amount of time now just to figure out > if we can get linear scaling in ES by increasing number of nodes or shards > or some other parameters. We did so many experiments, changing shards, > changing nodes, changing replica, etc but looks to me with everything we > were hitting a limit. > > I know this is a very broad question i'm asking, but does anyone know if > it is even possible? Is there any formula or magic mantra to achieve this. > > Thank a lot in advance if someone can answer this. It can save me some > time. > > Thanks > Pranav. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d0122c86-f8d8-4e5a-bf07-fa225c2b787c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d0122c86-f8d8-4e5a-bf07-fa225c2b787c%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d0122c86-f8d8-4e5a-bf07-fa225c2b787c%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d0122c86-f8d8-4e5a-bf07-fa225c2b787c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YrsEVU9CPjj\_vKWA4uExwPxjr6EvkyxrnwfG2S3TudiQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YrsEVU9CPjj_vKWA4uExwPxjr6EvkyxrnwfG2S3TudiQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linear-scaling-with-es/18103/3 "2017-07-06T01:22:35Z")