Deployment Architecture

License usage in Indexer Cluster

jg91
Path Finder

Hello,
I have a simple question, Does using indexer clustering affect Index Per Day license usage? for example, if I have a 100 GB/Day license and use 3 indexers with the replicate factor of 3, my license will be used 3 times or not?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Indexer clustering and replication have no effect on your license.

Storage is another matter, of course. The higher your replication factor, the more storage you will use.

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jg91
Path Finder

thanks for your answer, Do you have any document or link about this ?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

How about a link to a document? https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/Admin/Distdeploylicenses#Clustered_deployments_an...
"Only incoming data counts against the license; replicated data does not."

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