Deployment Architecture

Dispatch folder constantly filling up

ajparagas
Engager

We have a question as the dispatch folder seems to be constantly growing. However, our storage for the splunk is 200G and we are still seeing the index error and would like to know how to resolve this issue.

Thanks,

Tags (3)

piebob
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

i'm taking a guess here that you're seeing an error about performance possibly being impacted due to the number of jobs in your dispatch directory. if that's the case and what you're asking is to make the error go away, you can change the value of dispatch_dir_warning_size in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/limits.conf to something higher.

if that's not it, please be more specific about the 'index error' you're seeing.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

See your relevant APM services, dashboards, and alerts in one place with the updated ...

As a Splunk Observability user, you have a lot of data you have to manage, prioritize, and troubleshoot on a ...

Index This | What goes away as soon as you talk about it?

May 2025 Edition Hayyy Splunk Education Enthusiasts and the Eternally Curious!  We’re back with this month’s ...

What's New in Splunk Observability Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics - May 2025

This month, we’re delivering several new innovations in Splunk Observability Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics ...