# Large import

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/large-import/29708>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 21, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/large-import/29708 "2015-09-21T15:15:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dceder906](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@dceder906](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dceder906)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/large-import/29708/1 "2015-09-21T15:15:28Z")

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I will be importing large datasets regularly into ElasticSearch.

How can I make this more efficient in terms of adding more nodes to spread the load, etc? What is the best way I can monitor what is the optimal strategy?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/large-import/29708/2 "2015-09-22T07:33:30Z")

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How large and how often?

You can do things like having 0 replicas and disabling refresh, then setting those back once done.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/large-import/29708/3 "2017-07-05T23:48:50Z")

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