# Logstash is picking messages quiet slowly

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-picking-messages-quiet-slowly/259160>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 19, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-picking-messages-quiet-slowly/259160 "2020-12-19T13:38:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![rohitarorait82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rohitarorait82/32/82981_2.png) [@rohitarorait82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitarorait82)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-picking-messages-quiet-slowly/259160/1 "2020-12-19T13:38:56Z")

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Hi All,

We have traffic around 100 million records per day and it was working fine till yesterday , but today I can see 50 million records are piled up at the the source system . i have tried increasing pipeline.workers as well but no luck. Any suggestions how to make it work

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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:** [December 21, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-picking-messages-quiet-slowly/259160/2 "2020-12-21T03:05:32Z")

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What version are you on?  
What do you mean by "piled up"?  
What is your config?

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**Author:** ![rohitarorait82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rohitarorait82/32/82981_2.png) [@rohitarorait82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitarorait82)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-picking-messages-quiet-slowly/259160/3 "2020-12-21T05:02:28Z")

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Hi @warkolm : Thanks for your reply.

I am using version 7.7. We are using IBM MQ as source system and queues are getting piled over.

PFB cofig files.

input {  
jms {  
yaml\_file =\> "/etc/logstash/input\_mq\_DPW1.yml"  
yaml\_section =\> "wmq"  
include\_header =\> false  
include\_properties =\> false  
include\_body =\> true  
use\_jms\_timestamp =\> false  
destination =\> "Input.Q"  
interval =\> 3  
runner =\> async  
}  
}  
filter {  
xml {  
store\_xml =\> false  
source =\> "message"  
remove\_field =\> ["message"]  
xpath =\>["/inmsg/ConsumerToESB\_request/text()", "REQUEST"]  
xpath =\>["/inmsg/ESBToConsumer\_response/text()", "RESPONSE"]  
xpath =\>["/inmsg/CosumerToProvider\_request/text()", "CosumerToProvider\_request"]  
xpath =\>["/inmsg/ProviderToConsumer\_response/text()", "ProviderToConsumer\_response"]  
xpath =\>["/indetails/area/text()", "AREA\_ID"]  
xpath =\>["/indetails/apiname/text()", "SERVICE\_NAME"]  
xpath =\>["/indetails/cons/text()", "CONS\_NAME"]

}  
mutate{  
gsub =\> ["REQUEST","\<","\<"]  
gsub =\> ["REQUEST","\>","\>"]  
gsub =\> ["RESPONSE","\>","\>"]  
gsub =\> ["RESPONSE","\<","\<"]  
gsub =\> ["CosumerToProvider\_request","\<","\<"]  
gsub =\> ["CosumerToProvider\_request","\>","\>"]  
gsub =\> ["ProviderToConsumer\_response","\<","\<"]  
gsub =\> ["ProviderToConsumer\_response","\>","\>"]

}  
}  
output{  
if "service1" in [SERVICE\_NAME]{  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["[http://ip1:9200](http://ip1:9200)","[http://ip2:9200](http://ip2:9200)","[http://ip3:9200](http://ip3:9200)","[http://ip4:9200](http://ip4:9200)"]  
index =\> "index1-%{+YYYY.ww}"  
user =\> "elastic"  
password =\> "password"  
}  
}  
if "service2" in [SERVICE\_NAME]{  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["[http://ip1:9200](http://ip1:9200)","[http://ip2:9200](http://ip2:9200)","[http://ip3:9200](http://ip3:9200)","[http://ip4:9200](http://ip4:9200)"]  
index =\> "index2-%{+YYYY.ww}"  
user =\> "elastic"  
password =\> "password"  
}  
}

else {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["[http://ip1:9200](http://ip1:9200)","[http://ip2:9200](http://ip2:9200)","[http://ip3:9200](http://ip3:9200)","[http://ip4:9200](http://ip4:9200)"]  
index =\> "index3-%{+YYYY.MM}"  
user =\> "elastic"  
password =\> "password"  
}  
}  
}

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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:** [January 18, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-picking-messages-quiet-slowly/259160/4 "2021-01-18T05:02:28Z")

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