diff --git a/kubernetes/log/charts/log-logstash/values.yaml b/kubernetes/log/charts/log-logstash/values.yaml
index b0e8d1e..8755103 100644
--- a/kubernetes/log/charts/log-logstash/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/log/charts/log-logstash/values.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
   elasticsearchPort: 9200
 
 # default number of instances
-replicaCount: 1
+# 30+ logs/sec will saturate a single node to 6+ vCores
+replicaCount: 3
 
 nodeSelector: {}