[[recovery]]
=== Indices Recovery

The following _expert_ settings can be set to manage the recovery policy.

`indices.recovery.file_chunk_size`::
    Defaults to `512kb`.

`indices.recovery.translog_ops`::
    Defaults to `1000`.

`indices.recovery.translog_size`::
    Defaults to `512kb`.

`indices.recovery.compress`::
    Defaults to `true`.

`indices.recovery.max_bytes_per_sec`::
    Defaults to `40mb`.

These settings can be dynamically updated on a live cluster with the
<<cluster-update-settings,cluster-update-settings>> API:
