# How to speedup snapshot backup to s3?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-speedup-snapshot-backup-to-s3/229249>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-speedup-snapshot-backup-to-s3/229249 "2020-04-22T11:49:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![nchalise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nchalise/32/130399_2.png) [@nchalise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nchalise)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-speedup-snapshot-backup-to-s3/229249/1 "2020-04-22T11:49:03Z")

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Is there any method or configuration to speed up the index snapshot backup to s3 in ES-7.6?

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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:** [April 23, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-speedup-snapshot-backup-to-s3/229249/2 "2020-04-23T07:30:56Z")

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You can increase the [max\_snaphot\_bytes\_per\_second](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/repository-s3-repository.html) parameter. The speed also depend on your instance type and storage.

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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:** [May 21, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-speedup-snapshot-backup-to-s3/229249/3 "2020-05-21T07:30:59Z")

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