diff --git a/configs/milvus.yaml b/configs/milvus.yaml
index 7023f7f04fc25..af448f080229b 100644
--- a/configs/milvus.yaml
+++ b/configs/milvus.yaml
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ dataCoord:
     maxParallelTaskNum: -1 # Deprecated, see datanode.slot.slotCap
     dropTolerance: 86400 # Compaction task will be cleaned after finish longer than this time(in seconds)
     gcInterval: 1800 # The time interval in seconds for compaction gc
+    scheduleInterval: 500 # The time interval in milliseconds for scheduling compaction tasks. If the configuration setting is below 100ms, it will be ajusted upwards to 100ms
     mix:
       triggerInterval: 60 # The time interval in seconds to trigger mix compaction
     levelzero:
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/compaction.go b/internal/datacoord/compaction.go
index 4807ae0fab1d5..98f2df1f6c2e7 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/compaction.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/compaction.go
@@ -440,10 +440,11 @@ func (c *compactionPlanHandler) loadMeta() {
 }
 
 func (c *compactionPlanHandler) loopSchedule() {
-	log.Info("compactionPlanHandler start loop schedule")
+	interval := paramtable.Get().DataCoordCfg.CompactionScheduleInterval.GetAsDuration(time.Millisecond)
+	log.Info("compactionPlanHandler start loop schedule", zap.Duration("schedule interval", interval))
 	defer c.stopWg.Done()
 
-	scheduleTicker := time.NewTicker(3 * time.Second)
+	scheduleTicker := time.NewTicker(interval)
 	defer scheduleTicker.Stop()
 	for {
 		select {
diff --git a/pkg/util/paramtable/component_param.go b/pkg/util/paramtable/component_param.go
index 712668a9ca6c8..1c3e7b5f56971 100644
--- a/pkg/util/paramtable/component_param.go
+++ b/pkg/util/paramtable/component_param.go
@@ -3360,7 +3360,8 @@ type dataCoordConfig struct {
 	CompactionTimeoutInSeconds       ParamItem `refreshable:"true"`
 	CompactionDropToleranceInSeconds ParamItem `refreshable:"true"`
 	CompactionGCIntervalInSeconds    ParamItem `refreshable:"true"`
-	CompactionCheckIntervalInSeconds ParamItem `refreshable:"false"`
+	CompactionCheckIntervalInSeconds ParamItem `refreshable:"false"` // deprecated
+	CompactionScheduleInterval       ParamItem `refreshable:"false"`
 	MixCompactionTriggerInterval     ParamItem `refreshable:"false"`
 	L0CompactionTriggerInterval      ParamItem `refreshable:"false"`
 	GlobalCompactionInterval         ParamItem `refreshable:"false"`
@@ -3736,6 +3737,22 @@ During compaction, the size of segment # of rows is able to exceed segment max #
 	}
 	p.CompactionCheckIntervalInSeconds.Init(base.mgr)
 
+	p.CompactionScheduleInterval = ParamItem{
+		Key:          "dataCoord.compaction.scheduleInterval",
+		Version:      "2.4.21",
+		DefaultValue: "500",
+		Export:       true,
+		Formatter: func(value string) string {
+			ms := getAsInt64(value)
+			if ms < 100 {
+				ms = 100
+			}
+			return strconv.FormatInt(ms, 10)
+		},
+		Doc: "The time interval in milliseconds for scheduling compaction tasks. If the configuration setting is below 100ms, it will be ajusted upwards to 100ms",
+	}
+	p.CompactionScheduleInterval.Init(base.mgr)
+
 	p.SingleCompactionRatioThreshold = ParamItem{
 		Key:          "dataCoord.compaction.single.ratio.threshold",
 		Version:      "2.0.0",