# Affect of num\_tokens when all keyspaces have Tablets enabled

**URL:** https://forum.scylladb.com/t/affect-of-num-tokens-when-all-keyspaces-have-tablets-enabled/4469
**Category:** ScyllaDB
**Tags:** configuration, tablets
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/affect-of-num-tokens-when-all-keyspaces-have-tablets-enabled/4469 "2025-02-10T07:39:55Z")
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### Author: ![Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/guy/32/9_2.png) [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/affect-of-num-tokens-when-all-keyspaces-have-tablets-enabled/4469/1 "2025-02-10T07:39:55Z")

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> [**Originally from the User Slack**](https://scylladb-users.slack.com/)
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> ![Chaitanya_Tondlekar](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/6/683145eceb3716f2de53486701674fe573a619d8.png) **@Chaitanya\_Tondlekar:** what is the best value to set num\_tokens on scylla 6.1 (Tablets) ?  
> Is it correct to use(num\_tokens=1) **single-token mode + tablets** for **better performance and scalability in tablets ?**
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> ![dor](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/1X/27b698a3e588f84cb82a722e458d31c997a48bed.jpeg) **@dor:** I might be wrong but IIUC num\_tokens is the amount of vnodes. It’s irrelevant if all of your tables are tablets. Otherwise, just use the default (I think it’s 256)
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> ![Chaitanya_Tondlekar](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/6/683145eceb3716f2de53486701674fe573a619d8.png) **@Chaitanya\_Tondlekar:** Yes considering scylla 6.1 , all keyspaces have tablets enabled.
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> ![avi](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/1X/b5e08becda8d9df1abff1d3a2d9ffe1126ac3fc6.jpeg) **@avi:** num\_tokens is immaterial for tablets
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> ![Chaitanya_Tondlekar](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/6/683145eceb3716f2de53486701674fe573a619d8.png) **@Chaitanya\_Tondlekar:** @avi so what should we set ?
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> ![dor](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/1X/27b698a3e588f84cb82a722e458d31c997a48bed.jpeg) **@dor:** If it’s all tablets, it doesn’t matter. Otherwise, use the default (256)