Is there a limit of number of forwarders that a single dedicated deployment server can connect with? We're trying to check what will be the vm specification (cpu/memory/disk/etc) that a dedicated deployment server can still managed like for 5k forwarders, 10k, or 30k forwarders. If its possible or not for one server. I only found documentation about the estimated time-to-deploy calculations, but nothing about the vm-spec vs number-of-forwarders calculation. ... View more

I noticed that when performing a rolling upgrade of search head cluster, it does not automatically transfer captaincy to the first upgraded member. Based from https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.0.2/DistSearch/SHCrollingupgrade - The first upgraded member is elected captain when that member restarts after upgrade. This captaincy transfer occurs only once during a rolling upgrade.  I have chosen a non-captain search head as the first member to upgrade. ... View more