# Why pt-archiver no max-load parameter

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**Category:** MySQL & MariaDB\
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**Created:** [February 11, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/why-pt-archiver-no-max-load-parameter/36637 "2025-02-11T08:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![seqwait](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/seqwait/32/12115_2.png) [@seqwait](https://forums.percona.com/u/seqwait)\
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why pt-archiver no max-load parameter

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**Author:** ![kedarpercona](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/kedarpercona/32/809_2.png) [@kedarpercona](https://forums.percona.com/u/kedarpercona)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/why-pt-archiver-no-max-load-parameter/36637/2 "2025-02-11T11:23:13Z")

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Welcome back @seqwait,  
Good thought. You have max-lag and txn size options to choose to control how much “load” pt-archiver may create on the instance. You may pause / kill and restart the archiver at any point.

Thanks,  
K