topic Universal Forwarder hardware requirements in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Universal-Forwarder-hardware-requirements/m-p/536581#M89939 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>When an administrator asks me what are the requirements for the Universal forlwarder, I proceed to consult the documentation and find this:</P><TABLE border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"><TBODY><TR><TD>Recommended</TD><TD>Dual-core 1.5GHz+ processor, 1GB+ RAM</TD></TR><TR><TD>Minimum</TD><TD>1.0Ghz processor, 512MB RAM, 5GB of free disk space</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The server administrator considers the requirements to be very high.</P><P>Is there any more detailed information on agent consumption both at the machine and disk level?</P> Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:54:53 GMT splunkcol 2021-01-20T21:54:53Z Universal Forwarder hardware requirements https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Universal-Forwarder-hardware-requirements/m-p/536581#M89939 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>When an administrator asks me what are the requirements for the Universal forlwarder, I proceed to consult the documentation and find this:</P><TABLE border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"><TBODY><TR><TD>Recommended</TD><TD>Dual-core 1.5GHz+ processor, 1GB+ RAM</TD></TR><TR><TD>Minimum</TD><TD>1.0Ghz processor, 512MB RAM, 5GB of free disk space</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The server administrator considers the requirements to be very high.</P><P>Is there any more detailed information on agent consumption both at the machine and disk level?</P> Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:54:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Universal-Forwarder-hardware-requirements/m-p/536581#M89939 splunkcol 2021-01-20T21:54:53Z Re: Universal Forwarder hardware requirements https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Universal-Forwarder-hardware-requirements/m-p/536605#M89945 <P>CPU and memory use vary with input volume and complexity, but local disk use of 1500 MB to 2000 MB is normal given how Splunk manages the fishbucket directory.</P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:01:26 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Universal-Forwarder-hardware-requirements/m-p/536605#M89945 tscroggins 2021-01-21T02:01:26Z