# Mixing windows and linux servers **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 5, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mixing-windows-and-linux-servers/22526 "2015-03-05T11:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Glen\_Avery](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/glen_avery/32/844_2.png) [@Glen\_Avery](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Glen_Avery)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mixing-windows-and-linux-servers/22526/1 "2015-03-05T11:13:44Z")
Hi! Does anyone know if windows and linux servers can be mixed in a cluster? We have 2 linux servers in a cluster, however I would like to add a 3rd windows server purely to avoid the brain split problem. i.e. the windows server wont hold and shards. Does anyone know if this is feasible? Cheers Glen -- 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/52477385-53cc-4bf0-b000-6b252d8e5fc2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/52477385-53cc-4bf0-b000-6b252d8e5fc2%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:** [March 5, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mixing-windows-and-linux-servers/22526/2 "2015-03-05T21:41:13Z")
That's fine, it's just a JVM instance 🙂 On 5 March 2015 at 22:13, Glen Avery [glen.avery@gmail.com](mailto:glen.avery@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi! > > Does anyone know if windows and linux servers can be mixed in a cluster? > > We have 2 linux servers in a cluster, however I would like to add a 3rd > windows server purely to avoid the brain split problem. i.e. the windows > server wont hold and shards. Does anyone know if this is feasible? > > Cheers > Glen > > -- > 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/52477385-53cc-4bf0-b000-6b252d8e5fc2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/52477385-53cc-4bf0-b000-6b252d8e5fc2%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/52477385-53cc-4bf0-b000-6b252d8e5fc2%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/52477385-53cc-4bf0-b000-6b252d8e5fc2%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/CAEYi1X8qr4e1tjCO4Y\_GQ%2BJgCGfsLdsQo5yNRwB7%2Bp-hBbbKdQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X8qr4e1tjCO4Y_GQ%2BJgCGfsLdsQo5yNRwB7%2Bp-hBbbKdQ%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, 12:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mixing-windows-and-linux-servers/22526/3 "2017-07-06T00:28:15Z")