Hi, We are noticing the Filebeat consuming a lot of CPU on windows monitored machines. It can be above 20% and also above 40% all the time. The Filebeat suppose to be a light program which should not be felt at all. What can be done to lower its impact on the machines ? Thanks, Ori

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ori.rubinfeld (Ori Rubinfeld) August 30, 2016, 6:32pm 5

Hi Ruflin,

Scan frequency is the default value.
I shared the config file in the following:

Last two posts by me.

Thanks,

Ori

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