# Possible to create elasticsearch indices on specific nodes?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-create-elasticsearch-indices-on-specific-nodes/253021>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-create-elasticsearch-indices-on-specific-nodes/253021 "2020-10-22T14:47:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nitish\_Goyal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nitish_goyal/32/54988_2.png) [@Nitish\_Goyal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nitish_Goyal)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-create-elasticsearch-indices-on-specific-nodes/253021/1 "2020-10-22T14:47:55Z")

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Hi,

Use case : We create daily indices. We want to reserve certain nodes only for some specific indices.  
Cluster size : 200 nodes  
Clients : 100+  
We want to reserve 40 nodes only for important clients and leave 160 nodes for the rest of the clients. We don't want to divide the cluster, because once we take that route, we would end up maintaining multiple clusters

Is there any property we can use to reserve certain nodes only for specific indices?

Kindly assist possibilities

Thanks,  
Nitish Goyal

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-create-elasticsearch-indices-on-specific-nodes/253021/2 "2020-10-22T15:15:13Z")

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yes. You can tag nodes with a label like "vip" and then allocate indices on nodes which have this tag.  
For other clients, you can exclude this tag.

Have a look at

> **[Index-level shard allocation filtering | Elasticsearch Reference \[7.9\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/shard-allocation-filtering.html)**

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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:** [November 19, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-create-elasticsearch-indices-on-specific-nodes/253021/3 "2020-11-19T15:15:13Z")

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