# Which node roles actually consume our Enterprise ERU license? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 20, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-roles-actually-consume-our-enterprise-eru-license/391080 "2026-10-20T13:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kkumar123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9c0ed/32.png) [@kkumar123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kkumar123)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-roles-actually-consume-our-enterprise-eru-license/391080/1 "2026-10-20T13:45:11Z")
Hi everyone, We are currently running on an **Enterprise ERU (capacity-based) license IN SELF HOSTED ON PREMISES CLUSTERS**l. Based on my understanding, **Master, Data, and Machine Learning (ML)** nodes are the primary nodes that count toward consumption of ERU and as per the [Standalone license model - #2 by stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-license-model/198550/2) . However, I want to confirm if the following dedicated utility nodes are **excluded from counting** against our ERU license pool, or if they consume it based on their exact allocated RAM: 1. **Ingest & Coordinating Nodes with remote\_cluster roles as ccs enabled for clusters** 2. **Transform Nodes with** with **remote\_cluster**. 3. **The ML Node Query:** For Machine Learning nodes, the native ML jobs execute as C++ processes outside of the JVM on our infrastructure, requiring only a tiny JVM heap (around 2GB) for cluster coordination. Under the ERU license model, is our ERU consumption calculated strictly based on the **Elasticsearch JVM Heap size** assigned to the ML node, or is it calculated based on the **total physical memory/container RAM** allocated to the machine hosting the native C++ processes? We want to safely increase our ingest, coordinating, and transform layers to protect our data nodes, but we need to know exactly how Elastic's license accounting tracks these specific roles under the ERU model. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-roles-actually-consume-our-enterprise-eru-license/391080/2 "2026-10-20T14:44:32Z")
You'll need to open a support case to answer this. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-roles-actually-consume-our-enterprise-eru-license/391080/3 "2026-10-20T14:57:49Z")
@kkumar123 That post is very old and and and does not apply to ERUs As @DavidTurner said, please contact your account team. ERUs is a different license model entirely ---
**Author:** ![kkumar123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9c0ed/32.png) [@kkumar123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kkumar123)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-roles-actually-consume-our-enterprise-eru-license/391080/4 "2026-10-20T15:07:24Z")
Will they reply for that or contact the management of the account? that i don't want ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-roles-actually-consume-our-enterprise-eru-license/391080/5 "2026-10-20T15:08:29Z")
Open a support ticket. That's the best approach right now they should answer in the support ticket. ---
**Author:** ![kkumar123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9c0ed/32.png) [@kkumar123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kkumar123)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-roles-actually-consume-our-enterprise-eru-license/391080/6 "2026-10-20T15:32:00Z")
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