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How to determine what is filling the srtemp folder?

briancronrath
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Lately our searchheads will run into issues where the srtemp folder baloons to 80+GB and fills the local hard drive.  To temporarily fix, I have to shut down splunk and then run the splunk command:

clean-srtemp

 It will then be good for several days to a week and eventually it's back again, rinse and repeat.  I'm curious what my options are for determining what is causing the srtemp folder to fill consistently?

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