Which forwarder is recommended by Splunk to use in a production environment?
Which forwarder is recommended by Splunk to use in a production environment?
In a production environment, Splunk recommends using the Universal Forwarder. This type of forwarder has a minimal footprint on production servers, requires less bandwidth, and processes data efficiently. It is specifically designed for scalability and performance, making it suitable for most production use cases.
UF has minimal footprint on production servers and generally requires less bandwidth and has faster processing than same data on HF. UF is recommended by splunk to use in production Environments.