Yes - can you try using the bulk API? Also, are you running on a cloud server?
-- Itamar Syn-Hershko http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko> Freelance Developer & Consultant Lucene.NET committer and PMC member On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Yuval Khalifa <iyuv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I wrote that program and ran it and it did managed to keep a steady rate > of about 1,000 events per minute even when the Kibana's total events per > minute dropped from 60,000 to 6,000. However, when the > Kibana's total events per minute dropped to zero, my program got a > "connection refused" exception. I ran netstat -s and found out that every > time the Kibana's line hit zero the number of RX-DRP increased. At that > point I understood that I forgot to mention that this server has a 10GbE > nic. Is it possible that the packets are being dropped because of some > bufferis filling up? If so, how can I test it and verify that this is > actually the case? If it is, how can I solve it? > > Thanks, > Yuval. > On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Yuval Khalifa <iyuv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> When you say "see how the file behaves" I'm not quite sure what you mean >> by that... As I mentioned earlier, it's not that events do not appear at >> all but instead, the RATE at which they come decreases, so how can I >> measure the events rate in a file? I thought that there's another way that >> I can test this: I'll write a quick-and-dirty program that will send an >> event to the ELK via TCP every 12ms which should result in events rate of >> about 5,000 events per minute and I'll let you know if the events rate >> continues to drop or not... >> >> >> Thanks, >> Yuval. >> >> On Tuesday, February 10, 2015, Itamar Syn-Hershko <ita...@code972.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I'd start by using logstash with input tcp and output fs and see how the >>> file behaves. Same for the fs inputs - see how their files behave. And take >>> it from there. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Itamar Syn-Hershko >>> http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko> >>> Freelance Developer & Consultant >>> Lucene.NET committer and PMC member >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Yuval Khalifa <iyuv...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Great! How can I check that? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, February 10, 2015, Itamar Syn-Hershko <ita...@code972.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The graphic you sent suggests the issue is with logstash - since the >>>>> @timestamp field is being populated by logstash and is the one that is >>>>> used >>>>> to display the date histogram graphics in Kibana. I would start there. >>>>> I.e. >>>>> maybe SecurityOnion buffers writes etc, and then to check the logstash >>>>> shipper process stats. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Itamar Syn-Hershko >>>>> http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko> >>>>> Freelance Developer & Consultant >>>>> Lucene.NET committer and PMC member >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Yuval Khalifa <iyuv...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi. >>>>>> >>>>>> Absolutely (but since that in the past I also worked at the helpdesk >>>>>> dept. I certainly understand why it is important to ask those "Are you >>>>>> sure >>>>>> it's plugged in?" questions...). One of the logs is comming from >>>>>> SecurityOnion which logs (via bro-conn) all the connections so it must be >>>>>> sending data 24x7x365. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the quick reply, >>>>>> Yuval. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, February 10, 2015, Itamar Syn-Hershko <ita...@code972.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Are you sure your logs are generated linearly without bursts? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Itamar Syn-Hershko >>>>>>> http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko> >>>>>>> Freelance Developer & Consultant >>>>>>> Lucene.NET committer and PMC member >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Yuval Khalifa <iyuv...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We just installed an ELK server and configured the logstash >>>>>>>> configuration to match the data that we send to it and until last >>>>>>>> month it >>>>>>>> seems to be working fine but since then we see very strange behavior >>>>>>>> in the >>>>>>>> Kibana, the event over time histogram shows the event rate at the >>>>>>>> normal >>>>>>>> level for about a half an hour, then drops to about 20% of the normal >>>>>>>> rate >>>>>>>> and then it continues to drop slowly for about two hours and then >>>>>>>> stops and >>>>>>>> after a minute or two it returns to normal for the next half an hour >>>>>>>> or so >>>>>>>> and the same behavior repeats. Needless to say that both the >>>>>>>> /var/log/logstash and /var/log/elasticsearch both show nothing since >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> service started and by using tcpdump we can verify that events keep >>>>>>>> coming >>>>>>>> in at the same rate all time. I attached our logstash configuration, >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> /var/logstash/logstash.log, the /var/log/elasticsearch/clustername.log >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> a screenshot of our Kibana with no filter applied so that you can see >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> weird behavior that we see. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is there someone/somewhere that we can turn to to get some help on >>>>>>>> the subject? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks a lot, >>>>>>>> Yuval. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>> send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c2e5a524-1ba6-4dc9-9fc3-d206d8f82717%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>> 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