# Logstash performance with large numbers of pipelines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-performance-with-large-numbers-of-pipelines/175319>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 4, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-performance-with-large-numbers-of-pipelines/175319 "2019-04-04T05:10:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shishire](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shishire/32/43452_2.png) [@Shishire](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shishire)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-performance-with-large-numbers-of-pipelines/175319/1 "2019-04-04T05:10:18Z")

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I need to collect data from several hundred different types of logs, each with a slightly different format from each other (organic growth of logging formats). I would prefer to institute a separate pipeline for each type of log, but I'm worried about logstash's resource consumption and performance if I do so.

Scaling due to amount of data ingested is a separate issue, I'm happy to create multiple logstash servers, but that only works if logstash handles loaded but unused pipelines sparsely.

Does logstash statically allocate resources per pipeline? Or can I add a near unlimited number of pipelines to a single server as long as I don't send too much traffic to it at any given time?

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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:** [May 2, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-performance-with-large-numbers-of-pipelines/175319/2 "2019-05-02T05:23:04Z")

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