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+## Before ESM
+
+Before running the esm, please manually prepare the target index with mapping and optimized settings to improve the speed, for example:
+
+```
+PUT your-new-index
+{
+  "settings": {
+    "index.translog.durability": "async", 
+    "refresh_interval": "-1", 
+    "number_of_shards": 10,
+    "number_of_replicas": 0
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## Example:
 
 copy index `index_name` from `192.168.1.x` to `192.168.1.y:9200`