# What is the latest and most stable version recommended for migration, which has been on the market long enough, for a cluster with dozens of nodes?

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-latest-and-most-stable-version-recommended-for-migration-which-has-been-on-the-market-long-enough-for-a-cluster-with-dozens-of-nodes/375038 "2025-02-25T17:13:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![RainTown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raintown/32/140206_2.png) [@RainTown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RainTown)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-latest-and-most-stable-version-recommended-for-migration-which-has-been-on-the-market-long-enough-for-a-cluster-with-dozens-of-nodes/375038/9 "2025-02-27T12:08:07Z")

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To get more context, there's a sort of parallel discussion in thread

> [@Elasticsearch cluster with Docker vs Kubernetes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-cluster-with-docker-vs-kubernetes/375074):
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> Question regarding the upgrade of an Elasticsearch cluster, which has over 50 nodes, to a new cluster running RedHat operating system. The question is: should we build the new cluster in a Docker environment or a Kubernetes environment? What would you recommend?

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