# Zoning vs using several clusters **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/zoning-vs-using-several-clusters/20377 "2014-10-22T08:55:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DH1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@DH1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DH1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/zoning-vs-using-several-clusters/20377/1 "2014-10-22T08:55:52Z")
Hi, everyone, In our cluster, we have several types of rather complex documents and are contemplating the possibility to separate them. As far as I know, we have two possibilities : 1. Using routing to create "zones" on our cluster, and indexing each type of document to its defined zone. 2. Using a cluster per document type My understanding of ES leads me to believe that both method would be equally efficient requesting-wise and indexing-wise (tough I could be wrong). So, we wonder : \_is there any other benefits using routing instead over using several cluster? \_Am I right to think that using either method will be the same performance-wise? Any insight/advice on that matter would be a tremendous help. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/e8d771b9-8ec8-4a82-8daf-6ed1189c9e62%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/e8d771b9-8ec8-4a82-8daf-6ed1189c9e62%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/zoning-vs-using-several-clusters/20377/2 "2017-07-06T00:54:30Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:54am UTC