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[smartStore] Configuring remote storage on indexes results repeat many times?

rbal_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

After configuring remote storage on indexes, We are observing duplicate results. Sometime result repeat many times

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rbal_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The issue was "repFactor = 0" for index enabled for the remote store. Which means the same bucket from multiple indexers got bootstrapped.

To resolve asked customer to set "repFactor = auto"

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