# Upgrade hardware size - Any downtime?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613 "2021-06-01T10:26:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cesidio\_DiBenedetto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cesidio_dibenedetto/32/78869_2.png) [@Cesidio\_DiBenedetto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cesidio_DiBenedetto)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613/1 "2021-06-01T10:26:02Z")

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Will an upgrade in hardware size cause any downtime?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613/2 "2021-06-01T10:41:42Z")

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How many nodes do you have in the cluster?

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**Author:** ![Cesidio\_DiBenedetto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cesidio_dibenedetto/32/78869_2.png) [@Cesidio\_DiBenedetto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cesidio_DiBenedetto)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613/3 "2021-06-01T10:48:30Z")

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I have one master and one replica and a voting node.

 ![Screen Shot 2021-06-01 at 6.49.28 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/5/c5c359371baefcef352eda072c22e49f5c6bd63e.png)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613/4 "2021-06-01T11:05:24Z")

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If this is an Elastic Cloud cluster you can increase size without downtime.

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**Author:** ![Cesidio\_DiBenedetto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cesidio_dibenedetto/32/78869_2.png) [@Cesidio\_DiBenedetto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cesidio_DiBenedetto)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613/5 "2021-06-01T11:06:17Z")

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Yes, it's an Elastic cloud cluster.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613/6 "2021-06-01T12:03:38Z")

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On Elastic Cloud I believe changing size is always done by first adding the new nodes and then relocating the data before the old nodes are removed.

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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:** [June 29, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-hardware-size-any-downtime/274613/7 "2021-06-29T12:04:22Z")

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