# Isolating slowdowns possibly caused by filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/isolating-slowdowns-possibly-caused-by-filebeat/101783>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 26, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/isolating-slowdowns-possibly-caused-by-filebeat/101783 "2017-09-26T06:37:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![patrickian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@patrickian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patrickian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/isolating-slowdowns-possibly-caused-by-filebeat/101783/1 "2017-09-26T06:37:53Z")

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We're trying to isolate issues of slowdowns possibly caused by filebeat. We're looking into scan\_frequency which I believe is the frequency where new files in the directory is checked. Is there a way to adjust when filebeat sends to logstash? say, I want to send only every 5 mins. Thanks in advance.

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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:** [October 24, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/isolating-slowdowns-possibly-caused-by-filebeat/101783/2 "2017-10-24T06:37:56Z")

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