# Which node type is best for indexing requests?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-type-is-best-for-indexing-requests/44372>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 14, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-type-is-best-for-indexing-requests/44372 "2016-03-14T22:03:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![anhlqn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anhlqn/32/5454_2.png) [@anhlqn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anhlqn)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-type-is-best-for-indexing-requests/44372/1 "2016-03-14T22:03:41Z")

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Hi All,

I wonder which node type is best for receiving indexing requests?

Refer to [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-node.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-node.html), for heaving indexing cluster, is having dedicated client node(s) for receving indexing requests the best approach? Should client nodes locate on the same physical servers as data nodes to avoid network latency?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-type-is-best-for-indexing-requests/44372/2 "2016-03-15T02:30:25Z")

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Client nodes are best if you can have them.

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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, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-node-type-is-best-for-indexing-requests/44372/3 "2017-07-05T23:08:31Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:08pm UTC