How do you stop data replication midway and control the timing during Index Clustering?

[human96]

hi everyone, 

i have some doubts in indexer clustering

how to stop data replication ?

please provide splunk documentation. 

[richgalloway]

What do you mean by "stop data replication midway"?  Midway between what and what else?  Why do you want to stop replication?

What aspect of the timing of replication do you want to control?  Why?