  The ions produced via collisional ionization of the residual gas molecules in
vacuum pipe with the circulating electron beam have deleterious effect on the
beam properties and may become a limiting factor for the machine's performance.
For the electron damping ring of the International Linear Collider (ILC), the
ion instability is noticeable due to the ultra-low beam emittance with many
bunches operation. In this paper, the different beam fill patterns are
investigated and their effects on the fast ion instability are discussed. The
simulations show that the mini train fill patterns can reduce the growth of the
fast ion instability significantly.
