Pipeline options
This page provides information about pipeline configuration options in Data Prepper.
General pipeline options
| Option | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| workers | No | Integer | Essentially the number of application threads. As a starting point for your use case, try setting this value to the number of CPU cores on the machine. Default is 1. |
| delay | No | Integer | Amount of time in milliseconds workers wait between buffer read attempts. Default is 3,000. |