# Per min, how many documents can get updated using their bulk update API **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 23, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/per-min-how-many-documents-can-get-updated-using-their-bulk-update-api/104838 "2017-10-23T05:47:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hello4usharath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hello4usharath/32/19175_2.png) [@hello4usharath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hello4usharath)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/per-min-how-many-documents-can-get-updated-using-their-bulk-update-api/104838/1 "2017-10-23T05:47:22Z")
per min, how many documents can get updated using their bulk update API ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/per-min-how-many-documents-can-get-updated-using-their-bulk-update-api/104838/2 "2017-10-23T06:40:40Z")
This depends on a wide range of factors, so your best bet is to benchmark it. Size and complexity of documents, hardware profile, bulk size and shard size can all affect the performance but it also depends on how updates to single documents are distributed over time. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/per-min-how-many-documents-can-get-updated-using-their-bulk-update-api/104838/3 "2017-11-20T06:45:24Z")
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