Getting Data In

Where can I adjust the settings for universal forwarder data input speed?

noott211
Path Finder

Get data from Universal Forwarder, but 100MB data takes an hour Do you have any settings to speed up?

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Firstly - check your config with btool and see if the limit isn't being overwritten somewhere.

Secondly - is it a monitor input, scripted input, eventlog input?

Thirdly - maybe you're just limited by bandwidth of your connection?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You may get faster transfer by setting maxKBps=0 in limits.conf.

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noott211
Path Finder

That's basically how it's set up..

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Firstly - check your config with btool and see if the limit isn't being overwritten somewhere.

Secondly - is it a monitor input, scripted input, eventlog input?

Thirdly - maybe you're just limited by bandwidth of your connection?

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