# Suricata drops many packets(about 30%) when I open the file-store option

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**Created:** [September 16, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-drops-many-packets-about-30-when-i-open-the-file-store-option/2781 "2022-09-16T04:49:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andreas\_Herz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/andreas_herz/32/52_2.png) [@Andreas\_Herz](https://forum.suricata.io/u/Andreas_Herz)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-drops-many-packets-about-30-when-i-open-the-file-store-option/2781/2 "2022-09-19T19:35:18Z")

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What version are you running with which config?  
What hardware do you use and if you log on disk, how does the I/O look like?  
File-store can be quite intensive but if CPU is low it sounds more like an I/O issue (or whatever is in between)

This is a duplicate of [Suricata high capture.kernel\_drops count. I use the PF\_RING zc mode - #9 by Andreas\_Herz](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-high-capture-kernel-drops-count-i-use-the-pf-ring-zc-mode/2737/9) please don’t open a new topic just to push it.

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