# Should ES be installed on all servers?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-es-be-installed-on-all-servers/55967>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-es-be-installed-on-all-servers/55967 "2016-07-20T10:49:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![brandonmcgrath1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ebca7d/32.png) [@brandonmcgrath1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brandonmcgrath1)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-es-be-installed-on-all-servers/55967/1 "2016-07-20T10:49:49Z")

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Hello,  
I am using ES and Kib to monitor servers, we have roughly 150 servers that need to monitored for Windows Events. I am using winlogbeat and it originally worked whilst it was installed on 3 servers, but adding 10 more killed everything. Do I need to install ES on these servers too, to help with sharding?

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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:** [July 20, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-es-be-installed-on-all-servers/55967/2 "2016-07-20T10:51:24Z")

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> [@brandonmcgrath1](#):
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> Do I need to install ES on these servers too, to help with sharding?

On what servers, exactly?

> [@brandonmcgrath1](#):
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> adding 10 more killed everything

What do you mean by this?

What does your cluster look like right now?

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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, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-es-be-installed-on-all-servers/55967/3 "2017-07-05T22:34:06Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 10:34pm UTC