# Number of master nodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 14, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-master-nodes/164207 "2019-01-14T23:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thinkdffrnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@thinkdffrnt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thinkdffrnt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-master-nodes/164207/1 "2019-01-14T23:18:34Z")
I have two clouds, with 12 data nodes in each cloud = 24 data nodes 2 master nodes in each cloud = 4 master nodes Does this configuration look good? Can I adjust the above configuration? Or should I go for the below configuration. I'm planning to have another cloud added. 10 data nodes per cloud = 30 data nodes 1 master node per cloud = 3 master nodes ---
**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:** [January 15, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-master-nodes/164207/2 "2019-01-15T00:07:04Z")
> [@thinkdffrnt](#): > > Does this configuration look good? It's not ideal, you really need an odd number of masters. Have a read of [Important Configuration Changes | Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide [2.x] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/important-configuration-changes.html#_minimum_master_nodes) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-master-nodes/164207/3 "2019-01-15T01:06:19Z")
What is your definition of a cloud? What is the latency and throughput between clouds? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-of-master-nodes/164207/4 "2019-02-12T01:06:19Z")
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