# Routing & Nodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-nodes/10365 "2013-01-16T04:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ryanogle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ryanogle/32/2404_2.png) [@ryanogle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryanogle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-nodes/10365/1 "2013-01-16T04:08:05Z")
This is a very basic question, but I can't seem to find the answer in the documentation (I'm sure I'm missing it somewhere). But regarding nodes & request routing. If we have an index that is split up between several nodes (lets say 10) each containing a shard, and now I want to make a query, do I point my query to a master node which then sends the request to each of the 10 nodes, compiles the result, and then sends the response back to me? Or can I send the request to any of the 10 nodes, and it will do the same (forward the request to the other 9 peers, compile and send back the response)? Or is it some other flow entirely? Thanks for your help, -Ryan -- ---
**Author:** ![TheKnto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@TheKnto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheKnto)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-nodes/10365/2 "2013-01-16T06:33:49Z")
Hello, send to master node : as es is a distributed system, master node will do the job for you. Le 16 janv. 2013 05:08, "ryano" [ryanogle79@gmail.com](mailto:ryanogle79@gmail.com) a écrit : > This is a very basic question, but I can't seem to find the answer in the > documentation (I'm sure I'm missing it somewhere). But regarding nodes & > request routing. If we have an index that is split up between several > nodes (lets say 10) each containing a shard, and now I want to make a > query, do I point my query to a master node which then sends the request to > each of the 10 nodes, compiles the result, and then sends the response back > to me? Or can I send the request to any of the 10 nodes, and it will do > the same (forward the request to the other 9 peers, compile and send back > the response)? Or is it some other flow entirely? > > Thanks for your help, > -Ryan > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![ryanogle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ryanogle/32/2404_2.png) [@ryanogle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryanogle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-nodes/10365/3 "2013-01-16T07:25:48Z")
Thanks for your answer. A follow up question - if all queries are going through a single master node, then no matter how much I shard to additional worker nodes, there is a theoretical limit based upon how much throughput the master can take, correct? What happens when my throughput exceeds what the master can take? -- ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-nodes/10365/4 "2013-01-16T09:40:04Z")
On Wed, 2013-01-16 at 07:33 +0100, TheKnto wrote: > Hello, send to master node : as es is a distributed system, master > node will do the job for you. No. You can send the request to any node. In fact you should round robin through all the nodes to spread the load. Each node has the full cluster info and knows how to scatter the request to the appropriate shards, and to gather the result. clint > -- ---
**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, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-nodes/10365/5 "2017-07-06T02:56:10Z")