# Elasticsearch indexing performance: throttle merging

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indexing-performance-throttle-merging/71549
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 13, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indexing-performance-throttle-merging/71549 "2017-01-13T17:14:14Z")
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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-indexing-performance-throttle-merging/71549/8 "2017-01-16T08:15:18Z")

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Are you indexing into these indices continuously or doing bulk inserts/updates periodically?

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