# How to choose number of max threadpools for snapshots

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-choose-number-of-max-threadpools-for-snapshots/374922>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [February 24, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-choose-number-of-max-threadpools-for-snapshots/374922 "2025-02-24T07:00:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dharani\_Vattamwar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dharani_vattamwar/32/138123_2.png) [@Dharani\_Vattamwar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dharani_Vattamwar)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-choose-number-of-max-threadpools-for-snapshots/374922/1 "2025-02-24T07:00:59Z")

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We have an elasticsearch cluster with 15 data nodes each with almost 9TB data to get snapshotted.  
Disk max\_snapshot\_Bytes\_per\_second is 250MB/sec.  
cpu -\> 4 cores  
ES\_JAVA\_OPTS -\> -Xms10240m -Xmx10240m

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-choose-number-of-max-threadpools-for-snapshots/374922/2 "2025-02-24T07:56:54Z")

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Use the default.