# Selecting a server - a single quad socket, or two dual socket **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-a-server-a-single-quad-socket-or-two-dual-socket/23337 "2015-04-21T09:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tzahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@Tzahi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tzahi)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-a-server-a-single-quad-socket-or-two-dual-socket/23337/1 "2015-04-21T09:08:49Z")
Today we can buy very performant servers at very reasonable price points. e.g. – the price of two dual socket servers with 512 GB memory is comparable to a single quad socket server with 1024 GB (1 TB) memory. (Assuming same number of cores and MHz on each CPU) My gut feeling is that a single quad server will give better performance since balancing shards and indexes across servers is simpler – especially if a query targets certain shards. Thanks for your opinion. Tzahi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/de40706d-972a-4349-98a2-ba55ee580177%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/de40706d-972a-4349-98a2-ba55ee580177%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [April 21, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-a-server-a-single-quad-socket-or-two-dual-socket/23337/2 "2015-04-21T20:24:46Z")
It may make sense to do this, you probably also want to look into running multiple instances on the host to maximise capacity. On 21 April 2015 at 19:08, Tzahi jakubovitz [tzahij@hotmail.com](mailto:tzahij@hotmail.com) wrote: > Today we can buy very performant servers at very reasonable price points. > > e.g. – the price of two dual socket servers with 512 GB memory is > comparable to a single quad socket server with 1024 GB (1 TB) memory. > (Assuming same number of cores and MHz on each CPU) > > My gut feeling is that a single quad server will give better performance > since balancing shards and indexes across servers is simpler – especially > if a query targets certain shards. > > Thanks for your opinion. > > Tzahi > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/de40706d-972a-4349-98a2-ba55ee580177%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/de40706d-972a-4349-98a2-ba55ee580177%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/de40706d-972a-4349-98a2-ba55ee580177%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/de40706d-972a-4349-98a2-ba55ee580177%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X9D0WZZ7KwkOz3g0MY%2BnN%2BZymBGER7yLzBD3eYWYmCy7A%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X9D0WZZ7KwkOz3g0MY%2BnN%2BZymBGER7yLzBD3eYWYmCy7A%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-a-server-a-single-quad-socket-or-two-dual-socket/23337/3 "2017-07-06T00:18:27Z")