[[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 <> API: