# Logstash queue + kafka

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-queue-kafka/173494>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-queue-kafka/173494 "2019-03-22T13:25:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![paniccontrol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@paniccontrol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paniccontrol)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-queue-kafka/173494/1 "2019-03-22T13:25:34Z")

</div>

Does it make sense to put persistent queue if i already have a kafka in front ?

I have logstash consuming my kafka. On this logstash i set up a queue of 50go, and everytime the queue get full.

I don't understand why ?  
Does it mean i don't consume fast enough ?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-queue-kafka/173494/2 "2019-04-19T13:38:29Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.