Getting Data In

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

noott211
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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
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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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