# How can I reduce filebeat cup usage

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-reduce-filebeat-cup-usage/160131>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 10, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-reduce-filebeat-cup-usage/160131 "2018-12-10T09:35:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_fu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tony_fu/32/38630_2.png) [@Tony\_fu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_fu)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-reduce-filebeat-cup-usage/160131/1 "2018-12-10T09:35:12Z")

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I put filebeat on my test server, I test it , cpu usage to 40%,then i set "scan\_frequency" to 30s,  
the cpu usage to 20%,.  
Now I want to continue to reduce to 10%,but it cannot by set "scan\_frequency" to 60s.

Is there any other methods to reduce cpu usage?

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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:** [January 7, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-reduce-filebeat-cup-usage/160131/2 "2019-01-07T09:35:19Z")

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