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Is it safe to modify maxTotalDataSizeMB in a clustered environment (indexes.conf)?

splunkreal
Influencer

Hello,

maxTotalDataSizeMB of one index is too large, is it possible to reduce it (above current size of course), without any problem?

Thanks.

* If this helps, please upvote or accept solution if it solved *

esix_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

This needs to be changed on the Cluster Master Node, under the $splunk_home$/etc/master-apps/ structure, and then deployed to your cluster.

Adding this on your individual indexers will cause problems and should not be done.

ddrillic
Ultra Champion

It should be just fine.

How can I change index size in cluster ?

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