# 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: ![ori.rubinfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@ori.rubinfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ori.rubinfeld)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-high-cpu-for-windows-machines/58920/5 "2016-08-30T18:32:32Z")

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Hi Ruflin,

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

> [@Fatal error: runtime: cannot map pages in arena address space](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-error-runtime-cannot-map-pages-in-arena-address-space/51250/23):
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> Hi, I am currently testing Version 5.0 But on prod we are running with 1.2.3. 5.0 is currently Alpha, so will not put it prod. Config File (Part1): filebeat: registry\_file: C:/ProgramData/filebeat/registry prospectors: #Access - paths: - D:\Bea12\oracle\middleware\domains\Company\servers\SRV1P\Logs\Access\Access\*.log\* input\_type: log ignore\_older: 2h close\_older: 5m document\_type: access harvester\_buffer\_size: 16384 encoding: plain…

Last two posts by me.

Thanks,

Ori

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