# Logstash Not processing file in a folder simaltaneously
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-processing-file-in-a-folder-simaltaneously/155898
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 8, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-processing-file-in-a-folder-simaltaneously/155898 "2018-11-08T13:55:49Z")
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### Author:  [@hary1987](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hary1987)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-processing-file-in-a-folder-simaltaneously/155898/1 "2018-11-08T13:55:49Z")
Hello All,
Logstash is not processing all files in a folder simultaneously/parallelly. It is processing one after the other.
I am using one configuration file.
Example:
input {
file {
path =\> "/inputfiles/record\*.txt"
start\_position =\> "beginning"
close\_older =\> 1
}
}
inputfiles folder has three files
record1,record2,record3.
I have used sysout to see how it is indexing and picking file. it is processing one file after other file.
For example 3 million records it took 30 minutes. Even when i placed three files with three million records in a folder it took around 90 minutes. Of course that is because it processes one after the other.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@guyboertje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guyboertje)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-processing-file-in-a-folder-simaltaneously/155898/2 "2018-11-16T16:23:44Z")
The docs say this:
> In some cases it is useful to be able to control which files are read first, sorting, and whether files are read completely or banded/striped. Complete reading is **all of** file A then file B then file C and so on. Banded or striped reading is **some of** file A then file B then file C and so on looping around to file A again until all files are read. Banded reading is specified by changing [`file_chunk_count`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file-file_chunk_count) and perhaps [`file_chunk_size`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file-file_chunk_size). Banding and sorting may be useful if you want some events from all files to appear in Kibana as early as possible.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-processing-file-in-a-folder-simaltaneously/155898/3 "2018-12-14T16:36:08Z")
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