# Send bulk inserts to dedicated elasticsearch client nodes?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-bulk-inserts-to-dedicated-elasticsearch-client-nodes/33106>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 27, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-bulk-inserts-to-dedicated-elasticsearch-client-nodes/33106 "2015-10-27T20:34:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![allenmchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allenmchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/allenmchan)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-bulk-inserts-to-dedicated-elasticsearch-client-nodes/33106/1 "2015-10-27T20:34:24Z")

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Currently my logstash instances are pointing directly to the elasticsearch data nodes.

Are there much gain to deploy dedicated elasticsearch client nodes to handle the inserts?  
I imagine there is some benefit but dont know if it is worth the effort.  
What is the experience of this community?

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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:** [October 28, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-bulk-inserts-to-dedicated-elasticsearch-client-nodes/33106/2 "2015-10-28T02:32:53Z")

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Depends on your load really.

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**Author:** ![allenmchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allenmchan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/allenmchan)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-bulk-inserts-to-dedicated-elasticsearch-client-nodes/33106/3 "2015-10-28T05:27:25Z")

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load is all relative. 1.5TB per day before counting replicas

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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:** [October 28, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-bulk-inserts-to-dedicated-elasticsearch-client-nodes/33106/4 "2015-10-28T05:34:38Z")

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Then yeah, it may help!

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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 6, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-bulk-inserts-to-dedicated-elasticsearch-client-nodes/33106/5 "2017-07-06T05:25:08Z")

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