https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/What-does-splunkd-do/m-p/289526#M2702 <P>I see splunkd.service taking up a lot of CPU time. It runs as high as 50% most of the time.</P> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:19:12 GMT terryloar 2017-08-15T14:19:12Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/What-does-splunkd-do/m-p/289526#M2702 <P>I see splunkd.service taking up a lot of CPU time. It runs as high as 50% most of the time.</P> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:19:12 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/What-does-splunkd-do/m-p/289526#M2702 terryloar 2017-08-15T14:19:12Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/What-does-splunkd-do/m-p/289527#M2703 <P><CODE>splunkd</CODE> is the main Splunk Enterprise service - it handles all Splunk Enterprise operations.</P> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:14:03 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/What-does-splunkd-do/m-p/289527#M2703 ChrisG 2017-08-15T15:14:03Z