# Filebeat input paths

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-paths/86809>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-paths/86809 "2017-05-23T12:56:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kalman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kalman/32/49563_2.png) [@kalman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kalman)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-paths/86809/1 "2017-05-23T12:56:09Z")

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I'm working on a system that is monitoring logs files from a about 10 network paths.  
both the log files and the elastic will be running on windows mentions.  
I wanted to know if filebeat can handle the number of network paths or maybe it's recommended to use logstsh. I can't install any software on each endpoint to collect the logs.  
I prefer filebeat because it is a light wave software, also I didn't find a official way to run logstash as a service on windows. if I use filebeat the processing will be done with ingest node for each input

dos anyone have a recommendation

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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:** [May 24, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-paths/86809/2 "2017-05-24T07:39:59Z")

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We do not recommend using network volumes as it can have quite a few side affects: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/faq.html#filebeat-network-volumes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/faq.html#filebeat-network-volumes) You will potentially encounter similar issues with Logstash. It will work in most of the time as expected ...

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**Author:** ![kalman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kalman/32/49563_2.png) [@kalman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kalman)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-paths/86809/3 "2017-05-25T15:56:59Z")

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thank you for the replay

regarding Logstash how can I run it in deployment on windows as a service

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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:** [May 26, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-paths/86809/4 "2017-05-26T05:49:57Z")

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For Logstash best ask in the Logstash discuss forum.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-paths/86809/5 "2017-06-23T05:50:06Z")

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