https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-I-prevent-Splunkd-crashing-with-memory-allocation-error/m-p/613144#M106097 <P>Open a support case.</P> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:59:49 GMT richgalloway 2022-09-14T20:59:49Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-I-prevent-Splunkd-crashing-with-memory-allocation-error/m-p/613143#M106096 <P>Hello Splunk ES experts ,</P> <P>My Splunkd is crashing frequently with below error in crash logs</P> <P>C++ exception:<BR />exception_addr=0x7ff2c2c3c620<BR />typeinfo=0x556c38241c48, name=St9bad_alloc<BR />Exception indicates memory allocation failure</P> <P>This started after ES app installation . I have checked with free command I have plenty of&nbsp; memory on the system 32GB and 16 CPU</P> <P>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;total&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;used&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; free&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;shared&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;buff/cache&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;available<BR />Mem: 32750180&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1764936&nbsp; &nbsp; 19979208&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;17744&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;11006036&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;31040488<BR />Swap: 4169724&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4169724</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Below are my ulimit settings&nbsp;</P> <P>splunk soft nofile 65535<BR />splunk hard nofile 65535<BR />splunk soft nproc 65535<BR />splunk hard nproc 65535</P> <P>Any suggestions please&nbsp;</P> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:46:08 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-I-prevent-Splunkd-crashing-with-memory-allocation-error/m-p/613143#M106096 vikas_gopal 2022-09-15T14:46:08Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-I-prevent-Splunkd-crashing-with-memory-allocation-error/m-p/613144#M106097 <P>Open a support case.</P> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:59:49 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-I-prevent-Splunkd-crashing-with-memory-allocation-error/m-p/613144#M106097 richgalloway 2022-09-14T20:59:49Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-I-prevent-Splunkd-crashing-with-memory-allocation-error/m-p/613147#M106099 <P>I will file it but wanted check with the community is anyone else is also facing the same issue ?</P> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:18:19 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-do-I-prevent-Splunkd-crashing-with-memory-allocation-error/m-p/613147#M106099 vikas_gopal 2022-09-14T21:18:19Z