# Slow down the intake from kafka to logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-down-the-intake-from-kafka-to-logstash/122863>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 7, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-down-the-intake-from-kafka-to-logstash/122863 "2018-03-07T11:02:43Z")\
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**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:** [March 7, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-down-the-intake-from-kafka-to-logstash/122863/1 "2018-03-07T11:02:43Z")

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Hi ,

Is there any way we limit the intake of message from kafka?

Thanks  
Sharath

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-down-the-intake-from-kafka-to-logstash/122863/2 "2018-03-07T13:41:35Z")

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The throttle filter? But why would you want to do that?

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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:** [April 4, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slow-down-the-intake-from-kafka-to-logstash/122863/3 "2018-04-04T13:41:39Z")

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