# Multi-Search query performing slowly

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-search-query-performing-slowly/74668>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-search-query-performing-slowly/74668 "2017-02-10T14:26:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![raj.shah1593](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@raj.shah1593](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raj.shah1593)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-search-query-performing-slowly/74668/1 "2017-02-10T14:26:28Z")

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Hello,

I am currently using Elastic Search version 2.4.4.

I am using a single node cluster where around 10 million data is stored.  
Each document consists of around 12 fields (some analyzed, some not-analyzed).  
Average document size is 1.5 kb.

We are using Multi-Search that consists of 6 search queries using Java API.

I have noted two different timings of Elastic Search:

1. The 'took' time in milliseconds (which is around ' **50ms**' for each individual search query)
2. Total time taken by one Multi-Search request is around ' **1500ms**' (I have calculated this time in Java API)

Why multi-search request time is so high as compared to the individual search queries?  
Can you help me figure out the reason for the time difference?

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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:** [March 10, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-search-query-performing-slowly/74668/2 "2017-03-10T14:26:48Z")

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