Fileset Tuning Parameters

The following parameters can be utilized to adjust the plugin’s behavior for increased flexibility in challenging network conditions, high job concurrency scenarios, and similar situations.

It is not necessary to modify them for the great majority of the cases:

Option	Required	Default	Values	Example	Description
concurrent_threads	No	500	1-1000	100	Number of maximum concurrent backup threads running in parallel in order to download blocks from a given EBS volume
api_timeout	No	9000	Positive integer (seconds)	20000	Total timeout for AWS API calls
api_read_timeout	No	600	Positive integer (seconds)	5000	Timeout for AWS API calls to respond
general_network_retries	No	600	Positive integer (number of retries)	10	Number of retries for failed requests to the AWS API
general_network_delay	No	50	Positive integer (seconds)	100	Delay between retries to the AWS API
snapshot_operations_timeout_seconds	No	1800	Positive integer (seconds)	3600	Timeout for snapshot related operations (like make snapshot) before giving up
instance_operations_timeout_seconds	No	1800	Positive integer (seconds)	3600	Timeout for instance related operations (like booting an instance) before giving up
volume_operations_timeout_seconds	No	1800	Positive integer (seconds)	3600	Timeout for volume related operations (like changing the status of a volume) before giving up

See also

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