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Does index=_internal count against peak usage license?

matt
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I am curious if the data in index=_internal counts against the "peak usage" license restriction.

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benstraw
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

No, splunk internal indexes do not apply to your license.

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heterodyned
Path Finder

_internal is used for verifying internal diagnostics on splunk index usage and other splunk resources (CPU, data flow etc) if I am not mistaken

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benstraw
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

No, splunk internal indexes do not apply to your license.

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