# Configure Backup Streams for File System Agents

Backup streams determine the number of parallel read operations while the data is backed up.

## Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Files.

   The Overview page appears.

2. Go to the Files tab, and then click the file server.

   The file server page appears.

3. On the Subclients tab, click the subclient for which you want to set data readers.

4. On the Configuration tab, on the Advanced options tile, click Edit .

5. In the Edit backup streams dialog box, select one of the following options:

   - Use optimal number of backup streams (default)

     Applies to: Windows file system agent, UNIX file system agent, Laptop agent, and multi-node agents such as Network Shares, Hadoop, GPFS, GlusterFS, and LustreFS.

     Number of data readers is decided based on the size of the data and number of items in the dataset.

   - Custom number of backup streams

     Enter the number of data streams in the Custom number of backup streams box.

6. Click Save.

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