The formula is N/2+1, so in your case that would be 46 if there are 90 nodes.
/JZ On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 9:38:01 AM UTC+1, Darshat Shah wrote: > > Hi, > What is the guideline on recommended number of master eligible nodes in a > cluster? > > We have a big cluster with 90+ nodes, currently all are eligible to be > masters. However I do see master election take very long after a cluster > restart - most nodes are still trying to ping the old master and I think > there is no way to force a re-election. > > Will re-election be faster if number of master eligible nodes be less? Is > there a rule of thumb, given N nodes how many should we configure to be > eligible to be masters? > > Thanks > Darshat > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c2a88fd9-209b-4e7e-bbfe-03c8cb5e82a6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
