topic Re: Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443603#M95797 <P>so maxVolumeDataSizeMB should be the option you are looking for.<BR /> Did you already took a look in the docs for <EM>maxTotalDataSizeMB</EM>, <EM>maxGlobalDataSizeMB</EM> and <EM>maxVolumeDataSizeMB</EM> ?</P> <P>Quote from indexes.conf docs:<BR /> maxVolumeDataSizeMB: If set, this attribute limits the total size of all databases that reside<BR /> on this volume to the maximum size specified, in MB. Note that this it<BR /> will act only on those indexes which reference this volume, not on the<BR /> total size of the path set in the path attribute of this volume.</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:11:32 GMT damann 2018-12-21T16:11:32Z Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443598#M95792 <P>Is it possible to set <CODE>maxTotalDataSizeMB</CODE> to let's say 6 TBs in the default stanza? </P> <P>We are at 98% disk utilization ; -) </P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:36:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443598#M95792 ddrillic 2018-12-21T15:36:37Z Re: Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443599#M95793 <P>Sure. have a look in the docs for indexes.conf : <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.1/Admin/Indexesconf">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.1/Admin/Indexesconf</A></P> <PRE><CODE>maxVolumeDataSizeMB = positive integer </CODE></PRE> <P>should be the right option for you</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:54:06 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443599#M95793 damann 2018-12-21T15:54:06Z Re: Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443600#M95794 <P>Right, can we do it in the default stanza?</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:58:49 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443600#M95794 ddrillic 2018-12-21T15:58:49Z Re: Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443601#M95795 <P>sure, everything you define in the default stanza will be applied globally on all your indexes</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:02:12 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443601#M95795 damann 2018-12-21T16:02:12Z Re: Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443602#M95796 <P>Oh, but we need to limit the total usage of all the indexes...</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:04:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443602#M95796 ddrillic 2018-12-21T16:04:52Z Re: Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443603#M95797 <P>so maxVolumeDataSizeMB should be the option you are looking for.<BR /> Did you already took a look in the docs for <EM>maxTotalDataSizeMB</EM>, <EM>maxGlobalDataSizeMB</EM> and <EM>maxVolumeDataSizeMB</EM> ?</P> <P>Quote from indexes.conf docs:<BR /> maxVolumeDataSizeMB: If set, this attribute limits the total size of all databases that reside<BR /> on this volume to the maximum size specified, in MB. Note that this it<BR /> will act only on those indexes which reference this volume, not on the<BR /> total size of the path set in the path attribute of this volume.</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:11:32 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443603#M95797 damann 2018-12-21T16:11:32Z Re: Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443604#M95798 <P>Gorgeous!! </P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:31:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443604#M95798 ddrillic 2018-12-21T16:31:53Z Re: Can we limit disk usage at the default stanza of indexes.conf? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443605#M95799 <P>Apparently without defining the volume we can't use this <CODE>maxVolumeDataSizeMB</CODE> configuration. </P> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:59:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-limit-disk-usage-at-the-default-stanza-of-indexes-conf/m-p/443605#M95799 ddrillic 2018-12-21T16:59:45Z