# Many clients on the same cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/many-clients-on-the-same-cluster/10882 "2013-02-25T16:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ophir\_Michaeli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ophir\_Michaeli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ophir_Michaeli)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/many-clients-on-the-same-cluster/10882/1 "2013-02-25T16:17:47Z")
Hi, What is the best practice regarding the number of clients for a cluster. What are the pros and cons of opening a client for each Node? Thanks, Ophir -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Ophir\_Michaeli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ophir\_Michaeli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ophir_Michaeli)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/many-clients-on-the-same-cluster/10882/2 "2013-03-11T15:38:10Z")
From tests I did opening a client for each node and using them in a loop for each search call _does improves_ _performance_ _by 10%_. On Monday, February 25, 2013 6:17:47 PM UTC+2, Ophir Michaeli wrote: > Hi, > > What is the best practice regarding the number of clients for a cluster. > > What are the pros and cons of opening a client for each Node? > > Thanks, Ophir -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/many-clients-on-the-same-cluster/10882/3 "2017-07-06T02:47:10Z")