# How can I improve Logstash performance?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-improve-logstash-performance/140882>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 20, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-improve-logstash-performance/140882 "2018-07-20T11:45:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![white\_rabbit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/white_rabbit/32/46888_2.png) [@white\_rabbit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/white_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-improve-logstash-performance/140882/23 "2018-07-26T13:45:49Z")

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I'm not sure why when I send a batch equal to 1000 logs from helpers with elasticsearch the performance is around 25,000.

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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:** [July 26, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-improve-logstash-performance/140882/24 "2018-07-26T14:16:22Z")

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What are these `helpers`? What do they do?

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**Author:** ![white\_rabbit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/white_rabbit/32/46888_2.png) [@white\_rabbit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/white_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-improve-logstash-performance/140882/25 "2018-07-26T14:19:57Z")

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I mean Python helpers `from elasticsearch import helpers` `res = helpers.bulk(es, actions)`.

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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:** [July 26, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-improve-logstash-performance/140882/26 "2018-07-26T15:19:41Z")

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How many Python processes are you running in parallel?

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**Author:** ![white\_rabbit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/white_rabbit/32/46888_2.png) [@white\_rabbit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/white_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-improve-logstash-performance/140882/27 "2018-07-27T07:50:02Z")

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My fault, I forgot that I can run many processes simultaneously.

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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:** [August 24, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-improve-logstash-performance/140882/28 "2018-08-24T07:50:07Z")

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Closed on August 24, 2018, 7:50am UTC

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