# DurableJobsOptions.ShardStripeCount

[Type overview](/orleans/docs/api/csharp/microsoft.orleans.durablejobs/orleans.hosting.durablejobsoptions/) | [Properties](/orleans/docs/api/csharp/microsoft.orleans.durablejobs/orleans.hosting.durablejobsoptions/properties/)

[Source](https://github.com/dotnet/orleans/blob/e4e752cedecc2976811db49802c7a999b1f1c704/src/Orleans.DurableJobs/Hosting/DurableJobsOptions.cs)

```csharp
public int ShardStripeCount
```

Gets or sets the number of writable shards to use for each shard time bucket. Increasing this value distributes jobs with the same due-time bucket across multiple shard journals. Default: 1.