diff --git a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/contrail/manifests/init.pp b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/contrail/manifests/init.pp
index fcf202798..788c3c3b3 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/contrail/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/contrail/manifests/init.pp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class contrail {
 
   # Custom mount point for contrail-db
   $cassandra_path = '/var/lib/contrail_db'
-  $cassandra_compaction_throughput = pick($settings['cassandra_compaction_throughput'], '16')
+  $cassandra_compaction_throughput = pick($settings['cassandra_compaction_throughput'], '96')
 
   # Control of automatic services startup
   $service_ensure = hiera('upgrade',false) ? {