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Michael Wilde commented on Michael Wilde's video
Sure... When you do group mapping, map them to groups that don't have the domain admins in them. I have a separate OU=Groups that has "Splunk Users, Splunk Admins, Splunk Power Users" as group names, and specific users…
Mike Hartford commented on Michael Wilde's video
I want to give LDAP access to my splunk servcie but I don't want the LDAP users to have admin capabilitys in Splunk. Can I keep the domain admins out of Splunk if I have LDAP authentication???
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Helow Jonathan,
Glad to have another Splunker. I've been useing Splunk for 2 years and am hooked. I leared how to spell splunk and | transaction too. you'll learn that one soon.
Go over to Splunk…
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The team that found them must have special bat senses and highly tooned Splunking skills
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asking for OS recommendation: install on Unix or Windows?
Hi,
I am going to use Splunk to monitor a group of log files; they are currently stored in Windows servers.
Disregarding that the logging system is in Windows, I can choose between these environments for my Splunk installation:
A) Unix - HPUX Itanium
B) VMWare Windows Server 2003 64bits 4GB memory
Would you recommend one over the other?
Thanks,
Marcelo
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Permalink Reply by Michael Wilde on -
64 bit is a general rule. Then, which ever indexer has the fastest disk I/O
also, you can always use both. Have forwarders send to both and use distributed search. More servers=more capability.
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Permalink Reply by Marcelo Finkielsztein on -
Thanks.
I would not have thought of two servers. Will have to think about it.
I was more concerned about stability, bugs, ... that type of thing.
I am running already a Windows server and I have had some crashes, and non-explained failures.
Not much i am glad to say. Just some.
As I am using a free licence, I cannot demand a fast answer from Splunk support upon any problem.
This is why i started evaluating the migration from Windows to Unix.
Nobody needs to raise here the old subject: "Unix Vs Windows". I believe we all can accept Unix provides a more stable environment.
Maybe my original question should have been:
Is Splunk a more solid, reliable software when it works on Unix?
Thank you!
marcelo
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Permalink Reply by Michael Wilde on
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stability has gotten Waaay better on windows. Performance only slightly better on unix. as far as time in the market, Windows wins over HP-UX (been available for about a month)
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Permalink Reply by Marcelo Finkielsztein on
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I am staying on Windows, then.
Many thanks Michael.
Marcelo
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