# Increasing Logstash Throughput When the Codec is the Bottleneck

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-logstash-throughput-when-the-codec-is-the-bottleneck/224158>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-logstash-throughput-when-the-codec-is-the-bottleneck/224158 "2020-03-18T16:45:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-logstash-throughput-when-the-codec-is-the-bottleneck/224158/11 "2020-03-26T10:01:21Z")

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If Kafka is in the mix, I would split the ElastiFlow pipeline into two parts. A _collector/decoder_ and a _post-processor_ with Kafka in the middle. On my to-do list is a video where I explain why this is a good idea for any high volume UDP use-cases.

You will also want to use the recommendations for kafka plugin configuration which I posted here... [How to slow down large amount of data coming from filebeat?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-slow-down-large-amount-of-data-coming-from-filebeat/224970/6)

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Rob

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