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dpwtheitguy
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All, 

I have this search here and it's pretty slow. Any recommendations to speed it up? Currently 250.249 seconds and that just seems high.

 

index=osnixsec sourcetype=linux:audit host=*domain.net earliest=-7d@d latest=-2h@h
NOT [ search index=osnixsec sourcetype=linux:audit host=*domain.net earliest=-2h@h latest=now | fields host  | dedup host | table host ]
| fields host | dedup host | table host

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to4kawa
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| tstats count where index=osnixsec sourcetype=linux:audit host=*domain.net earliest=-7d@d latest=-2h@h by host
| eval time="old"
| append [ |tstats count where  index=osnixsec sourcetype=linux:audit host=*domain.net earliest=-2h@h latest=now by host
| eval time="current"]
| stats dc(time) as flag values(time) as time max(_time) as _time by host
| where flag = 1 AND time = "old"

 

I think it's fast enough.

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dpwtheitguy
Loves-to-Learn Lots

Forgot about the metadata command

 

| metadata type=hosts index=osnixsec sourcetype=linux:audit
| eval now = now()
| eval twohoursago = now - 3600 - 3600
| where lastTime < twohoursago
| eval _time = lastTime
| table _time, host

 

Any other improvements?

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