Splunk Inc.
Hash bucketing of data

Abstract:

The disclosed embodiments include a method performed by a data intake and query system. The method includes ingesting metrics including respective key values and respective measured values, where the respective key values include a primary key value of a selected primary key. The method further includes generating a hash value for each metric by processing each primary key value with a hashing function, and indexing each metric in association with an existing hash bucket having a matching hash value.