diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools.go
index 066e79684f..82135d647d 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ func (o *ocsCephBlockPools) reconcileCephBlockPool(r *StorageClusterReconciler,
 		cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.FailureDomain = getFailureDomain(storageCluster)
 		cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.Replicated = generateCephReplicatedSpec(storageCluster, "data")
 		cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.EnableRBDStats = true
+		cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.Parameters = map[string]string{"bulk": "true"}
 
 		// Since provider mode handles mirroring, we only need to handle for internal mode
 		if storageCluster.Annotations["ocs.openshift.io/deployment-mode"] != "provider" {
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ func (o *ocsCephBlockPools) reconcileNFSCephBlockPool(r *StorageClusterReconcile
 		cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.FailureDomain = getFailureDomain(storageCluster)
 		cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.Replicated = generateCephReplicatedSpec(storageCluster, "data")
 		cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.EnableRBDStats = true
+		cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.Parameters = map[string]string{"bulk": "true"}
 		util.AddLabel(cephBlockPool, util.ForbidMirroringLabel, "true")
 
 		return controllerutil.SetControllerReference(storageCluster, cephBlockPool, r.Scheme)
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ func (o *ocsCephBlockPools) reconcileNonResilientCephBlockPool(r *StorageCluster
 			cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.Parameters = map[string]string{
 				"pg_num":  "16",
 				"pgp_num": "16",
+				"bulk":    "true",
 			}
 			cephBlockPool.Spec.PoolSpec.Replicated = cephv1.ReplicatedSpec{
 				Size:                   1,
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools_test.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools_test.go
index b24d2908a0..89bf0929a0 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools_test.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephblockpools_test.go
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ func assertCephBlockPools(t *testing.T, reconciler StorageClusterReconciler, cr
 				FailureDomain:      getFailureDomain(cr),
 				Replicated:         generateCephReplicatedSpec(cr, "data"),
 				EnableRBDStats:     true,
+				Parameters:         map[string]string{"bulk": "true"},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ func assertCephNFSBlockPool(t *testing.T, reconciler StorageClusterReconciler, c
 				FailureDomain:      getFailureDomain(cr),
 				Replicated:         generateCephReplicatedSpec(cr, "data"),
 				EnableRBDStats:     true,
+				Parameters:         map[string]string{"bulk": "true"},
 			},
 			Name: ".nfs",
 		},
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem.go
index 5c451c47b0..d3a9f11da0 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem.go
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) newCephFilesystemInstances(initStorageCluster
 		if pool.PoolSpec.FailureDomain == "" {
 			pool.PoolSpec.FailureDomain = defaultPoolSpec.FailureDomain
 		}
+		// Set default parameters if not specified
+		if pool.PoolSpec.Parameters == nil {
+			pool.PoolSpec.Parameters = defaultPoolSpec.Parameters
+		}
 	}
 
 	// set device class for metadata pool from the default data pool
@@ -290,5 +294,6 @@ func generateDefaultPoolSpec(sc *ocsv1.StorageCluster) cephv1.PoolSpec {
 		EnableCrushUpdates: true,
 		Replicated:         generateCephReplicatedSpec(sc, "data"),
 		FailureDomain:      sc.Status.FailureDomain,
+		Parameters:         map[string]string{"bulk": "true"},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem_test.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem_test.go
index 41b48e96dc..a8dba684d8 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem_test.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephfilesystem_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ func TestCephFileSystemDataPools(t *testing.T) {
 							ReplicasPerFailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.Replicated.ReplicasPerFailureDomain,
 						},
 						FailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.FailureDomain,
+						Parameters:    defaultPoolSpec.Parameters,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ func TestCephFileSystemDataPools(t *testing.T) {
 							ReplicasPerFailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.Replicated.ReplicasPerFailureDomain,
 						},
 						FailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.FailureDomain,
+						Parameters: defaultPoolSpec.Parameters,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ func TestCephFileSystemDataPools(t *testing.T) {
 						EnableCrushUpdates: true,
 						Replicated:         defaultPoolSpec.Replicated,
 						FailureDomain:      defaultPoolSpec.FailureDomain,
+						Parameters: 	   defaultPoolSpec.Parameters,
 					},
 				},
 				{
@@ -270,6 +273,7 @@ func TestCephFileSystemDataPools(t *testing.T) {
 						EnableCrushUpdates: true,
 						Replicated:         defaultPoolSpec.Replicated,
 						FailureDomain:      defaultPoolSpec.FailureDomain,
+						Parameters: 	   defaultPoolSpec.Parameters,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -323,6 +327,7 @@ func TestCephFileSystemDataPools(t *testing.T) {
 							ReplicasPerFailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.Replicated.ReplicasPerFailureDomain,
 						},
 						FailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.FailureDomain,
+						Parameters:   defaultPoolSpec.Parameters,
 					},
 				},
 				{
@@ -336,6 +341,7 @@ func TestCephFileSystemDataPools(t *testing.T) {
 							ReplicasPerFailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.Replicated.ReplicasPerFailureDomain,
 						},
 						FailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.FailureDomain,
+						Parameters:    defaultPoolSpec.Parameters,
 					},
 				},
 				{
@@ -349,6 +355,7 @@ func TestCephFileSystemDataPools(t *testing.T) {
 							ReplicasPerFailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.Replicated.ReplicasPerFailureDomain,
 						},
 						FailureDomain: defaultPoolSpec.FailureDomain,
+						Parameters:    defaultPoolSpec.Parameters,
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/cephobjectstores.go b/controllers/storagecluster/cephobjectstores.go
index b63b24a296..2551efdcc0 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/cephobjectstores.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/cephobjectstores.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) newCephObjectStoreInstances(initData *ocsv1.S
 					EnableCrushUpdates: true,
 					FailureDomain:      initData.Status.FailureDomain,
 					Replicated:         generateCephReplicatedSpec(initData, "data"),
+					Parameters:         map[string]string{"bulk": "true"},
 				},
 				MetadataPool: cephv1.PoolSpec{
 					DeviceClass:        initData.Status.DefaultCephDeviceClass,