topic Replication Factor and Search Factor in Splunk Enterprise https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Replication-Factor-and-Search-Factor/m-p/543197#M5239 <P>Why replication Factor is equal or greater than search factor?</P> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:05:48 GMT sanjubaba 2021-03-10T13:05:48Z Replication Factor and Search Factor https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Replication-Factor-and-Search-Factor/m-p/543197#M5239 <P>Why replication Factor is equal or greater than search factor?</P> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:05:48 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Replication-Factor-and-Search-Factor/m-p/543197#M5239 sanjubaba 2021-03-10T13:05:48Z Re: Replication Factor and Search Factor https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Replication-Factor-and-Search-Factor/m-p/543202#M5240 <P>Replication factor (RF) is the number of copies of a bucket.&nbsp; Search factor (SF) is the number of those copies which are searchable.&nbsp; You can't search more copies than you have so SF must be less than or equal to RF.</P> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:09:30 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Replication-Factor-and-Search-Factor/m-p/543202#M5240 richgalloway 2021-03-10T14:09:30Z