https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Cloud-Platform/Heavy-forwarder-Requirements/m-p/572528#M1150 <P>In my organization we are planning to install heavy forwarders for some domains. What are the hardware requirements for heavy forwarders?&nbsp;</P><P>What is the ratio of servers to heavy forwarder?</P> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:37:37 GMT I29851 2021-10-26T18:37:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Cloud-Platform/Heavy-forwarder-Requirements/m-p/572528#M1150 <P>In my organization we are planning to install heavy forwarders for some domains. What are the hardware requirements for heavy forwarders?&nbsp;</P><P>What is the ratio of servers to heavy forwarder?</P> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:37:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Cloud-Platform/Heavy-forwarder-Requirements/m-p/572528#M1150 I29851 2021-10-26T18:37:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Cloud-Platform/Heavy-forwarder-Requirements/m-p/572542#M1151 <P>See this for HW requirement reference for Heavy forwarder:&nbsp;<A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/Capacity/Referencehardware#Recommended_hardware_for_management_components" target="_blank">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/Capacity/Referencehardware#Recommended_hardware_for_management_components</A></P><P>Number of heavy forwarders will depend on lot of parameters, amount of data coming in, Availability requirement, types of app install etc. You can get in touch with your Splunk Engagement manager for getting correct guidance.</P> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 20:46:20 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Cloud-Platform/Heavy-forwarder-Requirements/m-p/572542#M1151 somesoni2 2021-10-26T20:46:20Z