topic Re: tsidx size limits in Splunk Search https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/tsidx-size-limits/m-p/172235#M49359 <P>It turns out there is not a way to limit the size of tsidxstats by individual collections or in toto. This must be manually managed if tscollect is used to create the files.</P> Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:14:04 GMT jtrucks 2013-12-09T15:14:04Z tsidx size limits https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/tsidx-size-limits/m-p/172234#M49358 <P>Is there a way to set a max size on the entire tsidxstats or even a single set of tsidxstats?</P> <P>I have the Splunk for BlueCoat app running on a search head. It is filling up my disk even though /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/tsidxstats is a separate file system.</P> <P>I can't find any way to limit the overall use of tsidxstats on a global or local level.</P> <P>Any ideas?</P> Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:38:23 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/tsidx-size-limits/m-p/172234#M49358 jtrucks 2013-12-09T14:38:23Z Re: tsidx size limits https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/tsidx-size-limits/m-p/172235#M49359 <P>It turns out there is not a way to limit the size of tsidxstats by individual collections or in toto. This must be manually managed if tscollect is used to create the files.</P> Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:14:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/tsidx-size-limits/m-p/172235#M49359 jtrucks 2013-12-09T15:14:04Z Re: tsidx size limits https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/tsidx-size-limits/m-p/172236#M49360 <P>There is an add-on called SA-UTILS which contains a file called tsidx_retention.conf , this file will give you the ability to age out these old tsidx files. More information about this file and process is documented in the below articles</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/3.1/Install/Considerationswhenusingtsidxnamespaces" target="test_blank">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/3.1/Install/Considerationswhenusingtsidxnamespaces</A> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ES/3.0.1/Install/TSIDXnamespaces" target="test_blank">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ES/3.0.1/Install/TSIDXnamespaces</A></P> Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:42:17 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/tsidx-size-limits/m-p/172236#M49360 kserra_splunk 2014-06-06T15:42:17Z