diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/audienceproject/spark/dynamodb/connector/TableConnector.scala b/src/main/scala/com/audienceproject/spark/dynamodb/connector/TableConnector.scala
index d2fbb41..7e7251e 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/audienceproject/spark/dynamodb/connector/TableConnector.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/audienceproject/spark/dynamodb/connector/TableConnector.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.audienceproject.shaded.google.common.util.concurrent.RateLimiter
 import com.audienceproject.spark.dynamodb.catalyst.JavaConverter
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
 import org.apache.spark.sql.sources.Filter
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ private[dynamodb] class TableConnector(tableName: String, parallelism: Int, para
     private val filterPushdown = parameters.getOrElse("filterpushdown", "true").toBoolean
     private val region = parameters.get("region")
     private val roleArn = parameters.get("rolearn")
-
+    private val maxRetries = parameters.getOrElse("maxretries", "3").toInt
     override val filterPushdownEnabled: Boolean = filterPushdown
-
+    private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)
     override val (keySchema, readLimit, writeLimit, itemLimit, totalSegments) = {
         val table = getDynamoDB(region, roleArn).getTable(tableName)
         val desc = table.describe()
@@ -54,7 +55,10 @@ private[dynamodb] class TableConnector(tableName: String, parallelism: Int, para
         val maxPartitionBytes = parameters.getOrElse("maxpartitionbytes", "128000000").toInt
         val targetCapacity = parameters.getOrElse("targetcapacity", "1").toDouble
         val readFactor = if (consistentRead) 1 else 2
-
+        //Write parallelisation parameter. depends on number of input partitions the Data Frame is distributed in.
+        //This can be passed by using numInputDFPartitions option.
+        //By default it is chosen tobe spark's default parallelism
+        val numTasks = parameters.getOrElse("numinputdfpartitions", parallelism.toString).toInt
         // Table parameters.
         val tableSize = desc.getTableSizeBytes
         val itemCount = desc.getItemCount
@@ -66,25 +70,29 @@ private[dynamodb] class TableConnector(tableName: String, parallelism: Int, para
             if (remainder > 0) sizeBased + (parallelism - remainder)
             else sizeBased
         })
-
-        // Provisioned or on-demand throughput.
-        val readThroughput = parameters.getOrElse("throughput", Option(desc.getProvisionedThroughput.getReadCapacityUnits)
-            .filter(_ > 0).map(_.longValue().toString)
-            .getOrElse("100")).toLong
-        val writeThroughput = parameters.getOrElse("throughput", Option(desc.getProvisionedThroughput.getWriteCapacityUnits)
-            .filter(_ > 0).map(_.longValue().toString)
-            .getOrElse("100")).toLong
-
-        // Rate limit calculation.
-        val avgItemSize = tableSize.toDouble / itemCount
-        val readCapacity = readThroughput * targetCapacity
-        val writeCapacity = writeThroughput * targetCapacity
-
+        //If information about absolute throughput is provided
+        var readCapacity = parameters.getOrElse("absread", "-1").toDouble
+        var writeCapacity = parameters.getOrElse("abswrite", "-1").toDouble
+        // Else
+        if(readCapacity < 0) {
+            val readThroughput = parameters.getOrElse("throughput", Option(desc.getProvisionedThroughput.getReadCapacityUnits)
+                .filter(_ > 0).map(_.longValue().toString)
+                .getOrElse("100")).toLong
+            readCapacity = readThroughput * targetCapacity
+        }
+        if(writeCapacity < 0) {
+            val writeThroughput = parameters.getOrElse("throughput", Option(desc.getProvisionedThroughput.getWriteCapacityUnits)
+                .filter(_ > 0).map(_.longValue().toString)
+                .getOrElse("100")).toLong
+            // Rate limit calculation.
+            writeCapacity = writeThroughput * targetCapacity
+        }
+        //Calculating write limit for each task, based on number of parallel tasks, target capacity, and WCU limit
+        val writeLimit = writeCapacity / numTasks
         val readLimit = readCapacity / parallelism
+        val avgItemSize = tableSize.toDouble / itemCount
         val itemLimit = ((bytesPerRCU / avgItemSize * readLimit).toInt * readFactor) max 1
 
-        val writeLimit = writeCapacity / parallelism
-
         (keySchema, readLimit, writeLimit, itemLimit, numPartitions)
     }
 
@@ -140,7 +148,7 @@ private[dynamodb] class TableConnector(tableName: String, parallelism: Int, para
         ))
 
         val response = client.batchWriteItem(batchWriteItemSpec)
-        handleBatchWriteResponse(client, rateLimiter)(response)
+        handleBatchWriteResponse(client, rateLimiter)(response, 0)
     }
 
     override def updateItem(columnSchema: ColumnSchema, row: InternalRow)
@@ -196,12 +204,12 @@ private[dynamodb] class TableConnector(tableName: String, parallelism: Int, para
         batchWriteItemSpec.withTableWriteItems(tableWriteItemsWithItems)
 
         val response = client.batchWriteItem(batchWriteItemSpec)
-        handleBatchWriteResponse(client, rateLimiter)(response)
+        handleBatchWriteResponse(client, rateLimiter)(response, 0)
     }
 
     @tailrec
     private def handleBatchWriteResponse(client: DynamoDB, rateLimiter: RateLimiter)
-                                        (response: BatchWriteItemOutcome): Unit = {
+                                        (response: BatchWriteItemOutcome, retries: Int): Unit = {
         // Rate limit on write capacity.
         if (response.getBatchWriteItemResult.getConsumedCapacity != null) {
             response.getBatchWriteItemResult.getConsumedCapacity.asScala.map(cap => {
@@ -210,8 +218,21 @@ private[dynamodb] class TableConnector(tableName: String, parallelism: Int, para
         }
         // Retry unprocessed items.
         if (response.getUnprocessedItems != null && !response.getUnprocessedItems.isEmpty) {
-            val newResponse = client.batchWriteItemUnprocessed(response.getUnprocessedItems)
-            handleBatchWriteResponse(client, rateLimiter)(newResponse)
+            println("Unprocessed items found")
+            if (retries < maxRetries) {
+                val newResponse = client.batchWriteItemUnprocessed(response.getUnprocessedItems)
+                handleBatchWriteResponse(client, rateLimiter)(newResponse, retries + 1)
+            }
+            else{
+                val unprocessed = response.getUnprocessedItems
+                //logging about unprocessed items
+                unprocessed.asScala.foreach(keyValue =>
+                    logger.info("Maximum retiries reached while writing items to the DynamoDB." +
+                                "Number of unprocessed items of table \"" + keyValue._1 +"\" = " +
+                                keyValue._2.asScala.length)
+                )
+
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/audienceproject/spark/dynamodb/datasource/DynamoBatchWriter.scala b/src/main/scala/com/audienceproject/spark/dynamodb/datasource/DynamoBatchWriter.scala
index 305b47f..946eb5c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/audienceproject/spark/dynamodb/datasource/DynamoBatchWriter.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/audienceproject/spark/dynamodb/datasource/DynamoBatchWriter.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class DynamoBatchWriter(batchSize: Int,
 
     protected val buffer: ArrayBuffer[InternalRow] = new ArrayBuffer[InternalRow](batchSize)
     protected val rateLimiter: RateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(connector.writeLimit)
-
     override def write(record: InternalRow): Unit = {
         buffer += record.copy()
         if (buffer.size == batchSize) {