https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Why-is-search-head-not-using-available-memory/m-p/613461#M11921 <P>I've been running into errors where larger searches are getting cancelled.&nbsp; I read this could be due to running out of memory.&nbsp; I looked at my search head which is running on a server with 32 gb but only using 8gb (numbers from monitoring console)<BR /><BR />I'm assuming there's some setting to increase how much memory is allocated to splunk but i haven't found it.&nbsp; I've seen settings for memory per search - is the overall memory calculated from allowed number of searches and memory per search?<BR /><BR />thanks</P> Sun, 18 Sep 2022 23:26:31 GMT rk99 2022-09-18T23:26:31Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Why-is-search-head-not-using-available-memory/m-p/613461#M11921 <P>I've been running into errors where larger searches are getting cancelled.&nbsp; I read this could be due to running out of memory.&nbsp; I looked at my search head which is running on a server with 32 gb but only using 8gb (numbers from monitoring console)<BR /><BR />I'm assuming there's some setting to increase how much memory is allocated to splunk but i haven't found it.&nbsp; I've seen settings for memory per search - is the overall memory calculated from allowed number of searches and memory per search?<BR /><BR />thanks</P> Sun, 18 Sep 2022 23:26:31 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Why-is-search-head-not-using-available-memory/m-p/613461#M11921 rk99 2022-09-18T23:26:31Z