# What other Master eligible Nodes do

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-other-master-eligible-nodes-do/107403>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 13, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-other-master-eligible-nodes-do/107403 "2017-11-13T13:50:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![paragsagdeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@paragsagdeo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paragsagdeo)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-other-master-eligible-nodes-do/107403/1 "2017-11-13T13:50:23Z")

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Hi,  
I have three Master Eligible nodes, I made them dedicated master nodes with below config:  
node.master: true  
node.data: false  
node.ingest: false  
I also have one Coordinating node with below config:  
node.master: false  
node.data: false  
node.ingest: false  
search.remote.connect: false

When ES starts it will automatically select One Master nodes from three master eligible ones.

My question is, what will other two Master Eligible Nodes do in this situation? Will they sit idle or help Coordinating node to balance the load?

Thanks  
Parag

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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:** [December 11, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-other-master-eligible-nodes-do/107403/2 "2017-12-11T13:50:25Z")

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