https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Distance-between-a-Search-Head-and-an-Indexer/m-p/53548#M10334 <P>Frank would you be using distributed search feature or are you configuring the web.conf on the search head to reach back to a different splunkd instance running on your indexer?</P> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:52:16 GMT jasonnadeau 2011-08-04T18:52:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Distance-between-a-Search-Head-and-an-Indexer/m-p/53547#M10333 <P>We are looking at merging Splunk instances between different data centers and having a single Search head cluster.</P><BR /> I am concerned that having the Search and Indexer so far, 20-40 ms ping times, will cause an issue.<P></P><BR /> So how far apart can the systems be? We are looking at having our indexers in a few different locataions.<P></P><BR /> -- Frank<P></P> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:35:20 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Distance-between-a-Search-Head-and-an-Indexer/m-p/53547#M10333 fk319 2011-08-04T14:35:20Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Distance-between-a-Search-Head-and-an-Indexer/m-p/53548#M10334 <P>Frank would you be using distributed search feature or are you configuring the web.conf on the search head to reach back to a different splunkd instance running on your indexer?</P> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:52:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Distance-between-a-Search-Head-and-an-Indexer/m-p/53548#M10334 jasonnadeau 2011-08-04T18:52:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Distance-between-a-Search-Head-and-an-Indexer/m-p/53549#M10335 <P>I would be using a distributed search.<BR /> I am not sure what the difference between your two questions.</P> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:31:47 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Distance-between-a-Search-Head-and-an-Indexer/m-p/53549#M10335 fk319 2011-08-05T11:31:47Z