# Hangfire concurrency and throttling

**URL:** <https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/hangfire-concurrency-and-throttling/9692>\
**Category:** question\
**Created:** [January 22, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/hangfire-concurrency-and-throttling/9692 "2023-01-22T07:59:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.hangfire.io/t/hangfire-concurrency-and-throttling/9692/1 "2023-01-22T07:59:25Z")

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HI,  
I am new to hangfire and trying to understand how semaphore throttler works across multiple servers(3). I have multiple servers and have applied semaphore with maxcount of 5 for a particular background job method(GetData). I am trying to understand if hangfire will ensure only 5 workers across 3 servers will run GetData method simultaneously i.e GetData method will not be have more than 5 concurrent executions across servers?