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Measure throughput (eps, kbps) per Input

JensT
Communicator

We would like to measure the performance and throughput. I would like to have line-graphs that shows:

  1. Throughput per input in kilobyte/sec (kbps)

  2. Throughput per input in events/sec (eps)

Thanks,

Jens

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Jeremiah
Motivator

If you're running the latest version, some of that info is on the Index Activity dashboard, and you can use that search as a start.

By input, are you referring to source, sourcetype, or host?

kbps by sourcetype: index="_internal" (source=/metrics.log OR source=\metrics.log) group="per_sourcetype_thruput" | timechart avg(kbps) by series

eps by sourcetype: index="_internal" (source=/metrics.log OR source=\metrics.log) group="per_sourcetype_thruput" | timechart avg(eps) by series

If you wanted host or source, use group="per_source_thruput" or group="per_host_thruput" instead.

JensT
Communicator

Hello Jeremiah,

seems like i have to enable something, because your searches return nothing.

I am using Splunk 4.1.2

Cheers,

Jens

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Genti
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

and if you want more data you can use source=metrics.log
This will include metrics.log.1-5

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Lowell
Super Champion

You can just do source=*metrics.log

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