# Should node exporters for different servers be on the same job or separate jobs?

**URL:** <https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/should-node-exporters-for-different-servers-be-on-the-same-job-or-separate-jobs/3220>\
**Category:** node\_exporter\
**Created:** [December 12, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/should-node-exporters-for-different-servers-be-on-the-same-job-or-separate-jobs/3220 "2024-12-12T22:04:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/should-node-exporters-for-different-servers-be-on-the-same-job-or-separate-jobs/3220/1 "2024-12-12T22:04:18Z")

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I have a Wordpress server, a PeerTube server, and a Prometheus server. I would like to have a single place to monitor the network i/o, RAM, CPU, and disk usage of all three servers (hence the Prometheus server).

I believe a single Prometheus server should be able to scrape metrics from multiple servers, provided each server has Node Exporter installed. I have installed Node Exporter on two of the servers but am confused as to whether I should configure Prometheus with one ‘job’ per server, e.g.

```auto
- job_name: 'node'
  static_configs:
    - targets: ['localhost:xxxx']

- job_name: 'node'
  static_configs:
    - targets: ['xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx']

```

or configure Prometheus with only one job with one ‘target’ per server, e.g.:

```auto
- job_name: 'node'
  static_configs:
    - targets: ['localhost:xxxx', 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx']

```

I’m using the `node` job name because that’s what the [Node Exporter - USE Method / Node](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/13977-use-method-node/) dashboard seems to require, but I’m not married to that dashboard.

Thank you in advance for your help!