diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
index 444d22a629928..2a22302d24ed9 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ spec:
             -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50 \
             -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError \
             -XX:HeapDumpPath="${DEBUG_SHARE}" \
-            -Dreactor.schedulers.defaultBoundedElasticSize={{ default 5 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
+            -Dreactor.schedulers.defaultBoundedElasticSize={{ 25 }} \
             -jar /app/azure-storage-blob-stress-1.0.0-beta.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
             {{ .Stress.testScenario }} \
-            --parallel {{ default 5 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
+            --parallel {{ default 3 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
             --maxConcurrency {{ default 10 .Stress.maxConcurrency }} \
             --duration {{ mul 60 .Stress.durationMin }} \
             --size {{ .Stress.sizeBytes }} \
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-datalake-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-datalake-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
index 4bbe3f9d48c27..e86f526389474 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-datalake-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-datalake-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ spec:
             -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50 \
             -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError \
             -XX:HeapDumpPath="${DEBUG_SHARE}" \
-            -Dreactor.schedulers.defaultBoundedElasticSize={{ default 5 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
+            -Dreactor.schedulers.defaultBoundedElasticSize={{ 25 }} \
             -jar /app/azure-storage-file-datalake-stress-1.0.0-beta.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
             {{ .Stress.testScenario }} \
-            --parallel {{ default 5 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
+            --parallel {{ default 3 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
             --maxConcurrency {{ default 10 .Stress.maxConcurrency }} \
             --duration {{ mul 60 .Stress.durationMin }} \
             --size {{ .Stress.sizeBytes }} \
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share-stress/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/file/share/stress/FileOutputStream.java b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share-stress/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/file/share/stress/FileOutputStream.java
index dfd1cac84caa6..7e8fbc626ee8a 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share-stress/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/file/share/stress/FileOutputStream.java
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share-stress/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/file/share/stress/FileOutputStream.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ protected void runInternal(Context span) throws IOException {
 
         try (CrcInputStream inputStream = new CrcInputStream(originalContent.getContentHead(), options.getSize());
              OutputStream outputStream = syncClient.getFileOutputStream()) {
-            byte[] buffer = new byte[4096]; // Define a buffer
+            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024*1024*4]; // Define a buffer
             int bytesRead;
 
             // Read from the inputStream and write to the blobOutputStream
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
index 97afe527569c1..b558feecdcb8a 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-file-share-stress/templates/stress-test-job.yaml
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ spec:
             -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50 \
             -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError \
             -XX:HeapDumpPath="${DEBUG_SHARE}" \
-            -Dreactor.schedulers.defaultBoundedElasticSize={{ default 5 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
+            -Dreactor.schedulers.defaultBoundedElasticSize={{ 25 }} \
             -jar /app/azure-storage-file-share-stress-1.0.0-beta.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
             {{ .Stress.testScenario }} \
-            --parallel {{ default 5 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
+            --parallel {{ default 3 .Stress.parallelRuns }} \
             --maxConcurrency {{ default 10 .Stress.maxConcurrency }} \
             --duration {{ mul 60 .Stress.durationMin }} \
             --size {{ .Stress.sizeBytes }} \
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-stress/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/stress/TelemetryHelper.java b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-stress/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/stress/TelemetryHelper.java
index 76ecd4bbe9d37..a9a7c7fa1d939 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-stress/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/stress/TelemetryHelper.java
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-stress/src/main/java/com/azure/storage/stress/TelemetryHelper.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.azure.core.util.logging.ClientLogger;
 import com.azure.core.util.logging.LogLevel;
 import com.azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.AzureMonitorExporter;
+import io.netty.channel.unix.Errors;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
@@ -195,6 +196,18 @@ private void trackCancellation(Instant start, Span span) {
     private void trackFailure(Instant start, Throwable e, Span span) {
         Throwable unwrapped = Exceptions.unwrap(e);
 
+        // Check if the unwrapped exception is a RuntimeException
+        // Check if the message contains "NativeIoException" or TimeoutException and the unwrapped exception is not
+        // already a NativeIoException/TimeoutException
+        if (unwrapped instanceof RuntimeException) {
+            String message = unwrapped.getMessage();
+            if (message.contains("NativeIoException")) {
+                unwrapped = new io.netty.channel.unix.Errors.NativeIoException("recvAddress", Errors.ERRNO_ECONNRESET_NEGATIVE);
+            } else if (message.contains("TimeoutException")) {
+                unwrapped = new TimeoutException(message);
+            }
+        }
+
         span.recordException(unwrapped);
         span.setAttribute(ERROR_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, unwrapped.getClass().getName());
         span.setStatus(StatusCode.ERROR, unwrapped.getMessage());