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Error: mvexpand output will be truncated due to excessive memory usage

erstexas
Path Finder

I get the above error when running a query. I have increased the RAM and swap space on the system and I still get the error. Are there internal controls for this that I could adjust? I can confirm that Splunk is nowhere near running out of memory and not sure how to fix this so that the results are not truncated.

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khourihan_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Howdy Tex!

Check out http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/Admin/Limitsconf and check out the max_mem_usage_mb = setting.

You can increase the size to handle larger mvexpand results. Just be sure to make sure you have enough free RAM for the size you choose.

best,
Kyle

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khourihan_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Howdy Tex!

Check out http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/Admin/Limitsconf and check out the max_mem_usage_mb = setting.

You can increase the size to handle larger mvexpand results. Just be sure to make sure you have enough free RAM for the size you choose.

best,
Kyle

erstexas
Path Finder

You know, I actually looked through that file and didn't see anything that sounded interesting to fix this. I did not find the above online doc listing it as an optional setting. Thanks. I will experiment with this setting.

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