Splunk helpers.. what is it?

[standias]

Hi,

'Splunk Helpers' what is this process & what does it do? Can it be stopped/started via cmdline. Obviously if critical ..not!

Couldnt find anything on it via documentation.

/opt/splunk/bin/splunk status splunkd is running (PID: 24123).

splunk helpers are running (PIDs: 24124 15879 15911).

splunkweb is running (PID: 24579).

Appreciate your help..

[araitz]

splunk-search splunk-optimize splunkd

Basically, any process that the main thread spins up.

[araitz]

see:

http://answers.splunk.com/questions/113/what-processes-or-services-does-splunk-run

[standias]

thanks for your response araitz.. Could you elaborate please.