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SPLK-2002(205Q) · Question #68

When should multiple search pipelines be enabled?

The correct answer is D. Only if CPU and memory resources are significantly under-utilized. Multiple search pipelines should be enabled only if CPU and memory resources are significantly under-utilized. Search pipelines are the processes that execute search commands and return results. Multiple search pipelines can improve the search performance by running concurrent…

Splunk Performance Optimization

Question

When should multiple search pipelines be enabled?

Options

  • AOnly if disk IOPS is at 800 or better.
  • BOnly if there are fewer than twelve concurrent users.
  • COnly if running Splunk Enterprise version 6.6 or later.
  • DOnly if CPU and memory resources are significantly under-utilized.

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    12% (3)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    81% (21)

Explanation

Multiple search pipelines should be enabled only if CPU and memory resources are significantly under-utilized. Search pipelines are the processes that execute search commands and return results. Multiple search pipelines can improve the search performance by running concurrent searches in parallel. However, multiple search pipelines also consume more CPU and memory resources, which can affect the overall system performance. Therefore, multiple search pipelines should be enabled only if there are enough CPU and memory resources available, and if the system is not bottlenecked by disk I/O or network bandwidth. The number of concurrent users, the disk IOPS, and the Splunk Enterprise version are not relevant factors for enabling multiple search pipelines

Topics

#search pipelines#parallelism#CPU utilization#performance tuning

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