# Sizing an ingest node

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sizing-an-ingest-node/64564>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 1, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sizing-an-ingest-node/64564 "2016-11-01T14:10:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![tarp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tarp/32/51884_2.png) [@tarp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tarp)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sizing-an-ingest-node/64564/1 "2016-11-01T14:10:51Z")

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Hi,  
I currently have a 8 node ES cluster. I have 4 Logstash servers. I would like to have some of my traffic go directly to ingest nodes. How would I size the ingest nodes? Currently my cluster nodes are 4cpu X 32GB. What is the memory requirement for an ingest node?

Thanks,  
Tim

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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, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sizing-an-ingest-node/64564/2 "2017-07-05T22:07:52Z")

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