# Process to output is very slow

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-to-output-is-very-slow/64993
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 4, 2016, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-to-output-is-very-slow/64993 "2016-11-04T09:21:37Z")
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### Author: ![k.irfee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@k.irfee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/k.irfee)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2016, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-to-output-is-very-slow/64993/1 "2016-11-04T09:21:37Z")

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HelloWorld text in log file processing is too slow. takes 10 seconds to output.  
here is the details  
logstash --path.settings=/etc/logstash -f test1.conf  
input {  
file {  
path =\> ["/root/input.log"]  
start\_position=\>"beginning"

}  
}

output {  
file {  
path =\> ["/root/output.log"]  
}  
}

echo "Hello World" \> /root/input.log

logstash.yml

pipeline:  
batch:  
size: 125  
delay: 3  
path.data: /var/lib/logstash  
pipeline.workers: 2  
pipeline.output.workers: 1  
path.config: /etc/logstash/conf.d  
config.test\_and\_exit: true  
config.reload.interval: 1

- debug  
path.logs: /var/log/logstash

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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: [July 6, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-to-output-is-very-slow/64993/2 "2017-07-06T04:31:07Z")

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