# Rules and limits
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The following table provides a summary of the configuration rules and constraints that apply to an AWS Elemental Conductor Live cluster.



- ** Hardware in a cluster **
  - A Conductor Live cluster can include a maximum of 50 worker nodes.

- ** Physical location of nodes in a cluster **
  - Within a cluster, the Conductor Live and encoder nodes must be located in the same physical location.
  - Within a cluster, the communications among cluster members shouldn't traverse the public internet.