# Throttle merges

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throttle-merges/31780>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 7, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throttle-merges/31780 "2015-10-07T14:32:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Srinath\_C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srinath_c/32/48806_2.png) [@Srinath\_C](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinath_C)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throttle-merges/31780/2 "2015-10-07T15:50:21Z")

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See the discussion in [Index throttling issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-throttling-issue/31440/6).  
We faced a similar issue after using doc\_values and we resolved it by removing merge policy and index throttle settings.  
We are still facing increased disk utilization though.

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