https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-indexers-sharing-a-LUN/m-p/47398#M8997 <P>If you need to share between two operating systems, you will need to utilize a shared filesystem, using a protocol such as CIFS (Windows) or NFS. This is commonly referred to as NAS (Network Attached Storage).</P> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:06:04 GMT sbrant_splunk 2012-11-28T16:06:04Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-indexers-sharing-a-LUN/m-p/47396#M8995 <P>can multiple splunk indexers share the same physical LUN without corrupting each others data?</P> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:59:57 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-indexers-sharing-a-LUN/m-p/47396#M8995 pshaddow 2012-11-28T14:59:57Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-indexers-sharing-a-LUN/m-p/47397#M8996 <P>No, LUNS cannot be shared. That is not a Splunk limitation, it would be analogous to sharing a single hard drive between two computers.</P> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:56:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-indexers-sharing-a-LUN/m-p/47397#M8996 sbrant_splunk 2012-11-28T15:56:53Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-indexers-sharing-a-LUN/m-p/47398#M8997 <P>If you need to share between two operating systems, you will need to utilize a shared filesystem, using a protocol such as CIFS (Windows) or NFS. This is commonly referred to as NAS (Network Attached Storage).</P> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:06:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/splunk-indexers-sharing-a-LUN/m-p/47398#M8997 sbrant_splunk 2012-11-28T16:06:04Z