topic Re: What is the replication_factor in the SH's shclustering? in Deployment Architecture https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/What-is-the-replication-factor-in-the-SH-s-shclustering/m-p/384065#M14032 <P>The replication factor determines the number of copies of each search artifact, or search result, that the cluster maintains. Replication occurs only for artifacts from scheduled saved searches. The cluster does not replicate results from ad hoc searches or realtime searches. (From <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.0/DistSearch/ChooseSHCreplicationfactor">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.0/DistSearch/ChooseSHCreplicationfactor</A>)</P> Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:32:59 GMT richgalloway 2019-07-10T19:32:59Z What is the replication_factor in the SH's shclustering? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/What-is-the-replication-factor-in-the-SH-s-shclustering/m-p/384064#M14031 <P>On the SH I see -</P> <PRE><CODE>[shclustering] .... replication_factor = 3 </CODE></PRE> <P>What is the <CODE>replication_factor</CODE> in this context? </P> <P>In the indexer cluster, we have a replication and search factor of 2.</P> Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:28:46 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/What-is-the-replication-factor-in-the-SH-s-shclustering/m-p/384064#M14031 ddrillic 2019-07-10T19:28:46Z Re: What is the replication_factor in the SH's shclustering? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/What-is-the-replication-factor-in-the-SH-s-shclustering/m-p/384065#M14032 <P>The replication factor determines the number of copies of each search artifact, or search result, that the cluster maintains. Replication occurs only for artifacts from scheduled saved searches. The cluster does not replicate results from ad hoc searches or realtime searches. (From <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.0/DistSearch/ChooseSHCreplicationfactor">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.0/DistSearch/ChooseSHCreplicationfactor</A>)</P> Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:32:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/What-is-the-replication-factor-in-the-SH-s-shclustering/m-p/384065#M14032 richgalloway 2019-07-10T19:32:59Z Re: What is the replication_factor in the SH's shclustering? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/What-is-the-replication-factor-in-the-SH-s-shclustering/m-p/384066#M14033 <P>Makes perfect sense @richgalloway - thank you. </P> Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:37:01 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/What-is-the-replication-factor-in-the-SH-s-shclustering/m-p/384066#M14033 ddrillic 2019-07-10T19:37:01Z