Replication Fector and Search Artifact

[bhavin_crest]

Can some one pleace explain me the replation between Replication Fector and Search Artifact.

[richgalloway · Accepted solution]

Replication Factor refers to the number of copies of a "thing" Splunk will maintain. In indexer clusters, the "thing" is a bucket. In search head clusters, the "thing" is a search artifact.
A search artifact is what is produced by a search. It is the results of the search plus any other item such as a lookup file.

[bhavin_crest]

@richgalloway value of replication factor and search artifacts should be same or it can have different values.

[richgalloway]

There is no value for search artifacts. Perhaps you mean "Search Factor"? If so, Search Factor is the number of searchable copies of a bucket an indexer cluster will maintain. Search Factor can be different from Replication Factor, but cannot be greater than it.