Why are we seeing 100% CPU utilization with the Splunk process on Windows using Splunk 6.0.1?

[sumitcha]

Hi ,

The Splunk server is consuming full 100% CPU utilization, and performance is sluggish. We are not seeing such high usage with the Splunk process killed; Please help:

Specs:
Windows server 2008 r2

Below is inputs.conf content:

[default]
host = servername

[martin_mueller · Accepted solution]

Check the jobs list (top right corner) for all users, all apps and see how many jobs you have running.
Then, use the SoS app to see how your indexing load is: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/748/

For more help you'll have to provide more details.

[martin_mueller]

Well, 100% of zero cores isn't much...

[sumitcha]

This was more of a horsepower issue rather.. we had to bump up the cores from 0 to 4 to enhance the performance.

Thanks for you assistance !