# Ping time rate

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 12, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854 "2016-05-12T06:05:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Fox000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@Fox000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fox000)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854/1 "2016-05-12T06:05:02Z")

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Could you please what is best ping time rate between elastic search vm and application?

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**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:** [May 12, 2016, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854/2 "2016-05-12T06:18:23Z")

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Best for what?

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**Author:** ![Fox000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@Fox000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fox000)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854/3 "2016-05-12T07:59:07Z")

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I meed to know the ping time rate between app and es to avoid latency and delay

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**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:** [May 12, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854/4 "2016-05-12T08:05:00Z")

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The best ping time is as small as possible.  
Anything over a second might be a bit too slow, but it's too hard to say without more information on what you are doing.

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**Author:** ![Fox000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@Fox000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fox000)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854/5 "2016-05-12T09:58:44Z")

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thanks , i ping from app to elastic by 1 ms . Is this good or may cause a delay?

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**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:** [May 12, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854/6 "2016-05-12T20:40:22Z")

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It'll cause a delay of 1ms, which is pretty good!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ping-time-rate/49854/7 "2017-07-05T22:51:57Z")

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