# Master election time during failover **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 12, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-election-time-during-failover/65868 "2016-11-12T08:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kamaljit\_Pati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kamaljit_pati/32/13731_2.png) [@Kamaljit\_Pati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kamaljit_Pati)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-election-time-during-failover/65868/1 "2016-11-12T08:45:46Z")
Hi all, I am configuring elasticsearch on 3 nodes for my organization. I have a doubt that when one node(server) is down or crashed, then how much time the cluster needs to elect the new master among the remaining 2 nodes. When another node is down, then cluster is inoperable, that i know. Actually i need the time to use elasticsearch efficiently. All the 3 nodes have 32 GB RAM and 4 cores. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-election-time-during-failover/65868/2 "2016-11-13T07:48:44Z")
Have a read of [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/modules-discovery-zen.html#master-election](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/modules-discovery-zen.html#master-election) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-election-time-during-failover/65868/3 "2016-12-11T07:48:52Z")
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