# Search pool size for Elasticsearch 5

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-pool-size-for-elasticsearch-5/67988>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-pool-size-for-elasticsearch-5/67988 "2016-12-05T06:18:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnnywong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@johnnywong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnnywong)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-pool-size-for-elasticsearch-5/67988/1 "2016-12-05T06:18:50Z")

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Hi,

The default size of search pool size is 1000 in Elasticsearch 5  
How can I change it?

For Elasticsearch 2, I can change it in elasticsearch.yml, but I got error if I add the same configure to it.

Thank you very much!

Johnny

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-pool-size-for-elasticsearch-5/67988/2 "2016-12-05T06:39:36Z")

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Here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-threadpool.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-threadpool.html)

If you can't make it work please describe what you did and what is the error message.

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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:** [January 2, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-pool-size-for-elasticsearch-5/67988/3 "2017-01-02T06:39:50Z")

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