https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-it-possible-to-use-a-single-search-head-as-the-cluster-master/m-p/113303#M4300 <P>Hello,</P> <P>i have got the task to design an "as-small-as-possible" cluster in our test-demo-environment</P> <P>According to the gui-aided cluster-installation in Splunk Enterprise 6.2.x you have to assign only one role to each cluster member:<BR /> as a search head<BR /> as a cluster-master<BR /> or as an indexer.</P> <P>is it feasable or not recommended to use a single search head as the cluster master (and 2 indexers) in a 6.2.x cluster?</P> <P>Best Regards<BR /> Ralf</P> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:30:43 GMT rschoensee 2015-01-28T15:30:43Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-it-possible-to-use-a-single-search-head-as-the-cluster-master/m-p/113303#M4300 <P>Hello,</P> <P>i have got the task to design an "as-small-as-possible" cluster in our test-demo-environment</P> <P>According to the gui-aided cluster-installation in Splunk Enterprise 6.2.x you have to assign only one role to each cluster member:<BR /> as a search head<BR /> as a cluster-master<BR /> or as an indexer.</P> <P>is it feasable or not recommended to use a single search head as the cluster master (and 2 indexers) in a 6.2.x cluster?</P> <P>Best Regards<BR /> Ralf</P> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:30:43 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-it-possible-to-use-a-single-search-head-as-the-cluster-master/m-p/113303#M4300 rschoensee 2015-01-28T15:30:43Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-it-possible-to-use-a-single-search-head-as-the-cluster-master/m-p/113304#M4301 <P>This will technically work, however, it is not recommended to overload the cluster master as a search head for performance reasons. If this is a "test demo" environment, go for it.</P> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:51:06 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-it-possible-to-use-a-single-search-head-as-the-cluster-master/m-p/113304#M4301 schoi 2015-01-28T15:51:06Z