topic Re: frozenTimePeriodInSecs - when does this count start? in Deployment Architecture

frozenTimePeriodInSecs - when does this count start?

mookiie2005 — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:53:15 GMT

for the frozenTimePeriodInSecs attribute from indexes.conf, when does this count start? As soon as the data is indexed or does it count from once it went to cold or frozen status? (I already know that a DB bucket will not role to frozen until all the data in the bucket is older than the specified time.)

Re: frozenTimePeriodInSecs - when does this count start?

jtrucks — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:48:13 GMT

As http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/Indexer/Setaretirementandarchivingpolicy indicates, "When the most recent data in a particular bucket reaches the configured age, the entire bucket is rolled."

Therefore, it is based on the time the event is indexed. This simplies all time parameters used in Splunk, as well.

Re: frozenTimePeriodInSecs - when does this count start?

mookiie2005 — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:20:49 GMT

Thank you for the clarification.

Re: frozenTimePeriodInSecs - when does this count start?

the_wolverine — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:29:54 GMT

Correct except for aging is based on the event time, not indexed time.