# Server config for cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 15, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-config-for-cluster/211899 "2019-12-15T06:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![vonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d9b06d/32.png) [@vonix](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vonix)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-config-for-cluster/211899/2 "2019-12-15T06:53:50Z")
As always, much searching the web for 3 whole days and answer pops up after posting a question. > [@7 Node Cluster with 3 dedicated master and 4 data nodes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-node-cluster-with-3-dedicated-master-and-4-data-nodes/103060/2): > > you should experiment, but still, try to get as close as you can to the recommended settings: balf the ram to eladtic, and no more than 30.5GB. as for the size of the indices you have, 5\*1 sounds too much for the overall size of data you have. try to stick to 30gb - 50gb per shard, do the math accordingly. Closing this topic. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-config-for-cluster/211899)._