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Logging thousend files via Splunk Forwarder causes high CPU load
Hi there,
we have a oracle logging directory with thousend .aud files for logging to Splunk.
Each day over 700 new files will be created.
We experience a heavy workload on the system caused by the splunkd process.
We think splunkd monitores ALL files and after some weeks a hugh bunch of filemonitoring threads are occuping the CPU.
How can we tell splunk not to monitor already indexed files and only have a look on new created. The closed file will never be changed anymore.
Our inputs.conf:
[monitor:///oracle/Q*/trace/audit/*.aud]
sourcetype=oracle:audit:text
whitelist = \w.+.aud
ignoreOlderThan=7d
index=oracle_sap
disabled = false
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What's the forwarder version? - Universal Forwarder Using High CPU?
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we use the newst one 7.1.2.X
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I think you have to create your own script to delete/move/rename the indexed files.
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Hi,
How are your new files named? Any thing to differentiate new and old.
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fielname_structure:
AppID_OracleID_timestamp.aud
with:
appid= P56
OracleID: 53457673
time: 2018073134756825434785
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The naming doesn't seem to be helpful. Since new files are created every day, decrease ignoreOlderThan to 2 or 3 days. This can reduce load.
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fielname_structure:
AppID_OracleID_timestamp.aud
with:
appid= P56
OracleID: 53457673
time: 2018073134756825434785
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