# Prioritize search requests over index requests

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-search-requests-over-index-requests/109201>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 27, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-search-requests-over-index-requests/109201 "2017-11-27T11:03:14Z")\
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**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:** [November 27, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prioritize-search-requests-over-index-requests/109201/2 "2017-11-27T11:07:55Z")

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You can not. They are served by different thread pools and you can not prioritise one over the other.

What is the problem you are having?

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