# Manage priority for recovery/index/search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 17, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manage-priority-for-recovery-index-search/17058 "2014-04-17T07:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pavlick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pavlick/32/535_2.png) [@pavlick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pavlick)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manage-priority-for-recovery-index-search/17058/1 "2014-04-17T07:02:55Z")
Hello, My cluster consists of 20 nodes (3 masters + 17 data nodes) handles apr. 100 indices (8 shards + 1 replica). At the moment there is no client nodes, all bulk requests balancing between 3 master nodes, all search requests balancing between all 20 nodes. Application can close "cold" indices and open indices on demand. Most of time only 8 indices are opened. During dynamic open/close indices (recovery, rebalance processes) I see performance degradation of searching and bulk indexing in currently active (green) indices. Normal bulk index request takes less than 1 second, but while recovering or relocating other indices one bulk request can take more than 100 sec. As I understand, recovery and rebalancing have a higher priority than bulk and searching. Is there any possibility to manage priority for recovery and rebalancing for indices that open on demand? Or how can I reduce search/index degradation while recovering other indices. Application allows only requests to green indices. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ab345b83-f75e-4ce9-8e3e-8d955a403f31%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ab345b83-f75e-4ce9-8e3e-8d955a403f31%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manage-priority-for-recovery-index-search/17058/2 "2017-07-06T01:35:21Z")