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How can I troubleshoot high CPU utilization on my heavy forwarder?

kteng2024
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We have 3 heavy forwarders and universal forwarders are sending data to these 3 HF. But the CPU usage on one of the heavy forwarder is high. Can I please know how to troubleshoot the issue, why the CPU utilization is high on one of HF.

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lguinn2
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Why are you using HF? Take a look at these posts and reconsider your use of HF.

http://answers.splunk.com/answers/231395/uf-hf-idx-architecture-is-there-a-recommended-numb-1.html - answer-230578

http://blogs.splunk.com/2016/12/12/universal-or-heavy-that-is-the-question/

If you still want to use HF, perhaps you want to review the Troubleshooting Manual

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.2/Troubleshooting/Troubleshootindexingperformance

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