# Filebeat - High CPU for windows machines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-high-cpu-for-windows-machines/58920>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 25, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-high-cpu-for-windows-machines/58920 "2016-08-25T10:49:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-high-cpu-for-windows-machines/58920/24 "2016-09-14T07:19:10Z")

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Just saw your comment in: [Filebeat 5.0 with multiline, split event data to two events](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-0-with-multiline-split-event-data-to-two-events/60380/5)

Does that mean you see less CPU usage under Linux, means this could be a Windows specific issue?

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