# Limiting parallel repository actions:

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/limiting-parallel-repository-actions/1098>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 4, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/limiting-parallel-repository-actions/1098 "2022-05-04T16:30:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![larcenist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@larcenist](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/larcenist)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/limiting-parallel-repository-actions/1098/1 "2022-05-04T16:30:54Z")

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Running kopia-UI v0.10.7 on Arch Linux:  
I have one Backblaze B2 repository, Wasabi and a local repository. When I reboot and Kopia starts it does snapshots for all of them at once and it can eat 15gb of ram of my 32gb. Also the B2 repository during a maintenance uses so much cpu the desktop is stalled on a Intel Core i7-9750H.

Can I limit repository actions to one at a time?

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**Author:** ![iBackup](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/ibackup/32/355_2.png) [@iBackup](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/iBackup)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/limiting-parallel-repository-actions/1098/2 "2022-05-04T22:17:35Z")

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I suggest to change this workflow. Instead of doing 3 times the same backup, you can do it only once, to the local backup and then, when it’s done, use `kopia sync-to ...provider` to synchronize repositories with local one.