# Read or Write Intensive SSDs for ElasticSearch Cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-or-write-intensive-ssds-for-elasticsearch-cluster/40976>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 4, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-or-write-intensive-ssds-for-elasticsearch-cluster/40976 "2016-02-04T16:05:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Gautam\_S\_Thakur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gautam_s_thakur/32/5156_2.png) [@Gautam\_S\_Thakur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gautam_S_Thakur)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-or-write-intensive-ssds-for-elasticsearch-cluster/40976/1 "2016-02-04T16:05:20Z")

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We are designing an ES cluster and want to decide upon whether to buy read intensive or write intensive SSDs. Our load is like 10-20 GB data per day spread across 5 machines that forms the ES cluster. Any ideas? Thanks.

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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, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-or-write-intensive-ssds-for-elasticsearch-cluster/40976/2 "2017-07-05T23:18:52Z")

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