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What Are the Settings for Workers?

This section explains the options available for managing workers that are spun up during processing jobs. You can access these settings under Settings > Processing.

Processing​

You can select the trade-off of depth vs speed with the setting Processing Speed

  • Light - For fastest processing, which will restrict analysis to log files and other data that is most likely to be of interest
  • Standard - The default setting, which balances depth vs speed
  • Max - The slowest processing setting which performs extra analysis, at the cost of being much slower. Larger evidence items will take a long time to process

Workers​

  • Maximum Workers: This setting defines the maximum number of workers (AWS EC2 Instances) that the system can launch for processing. If this limit is reached, the platform will pause before starting additional workers. The default limit is 5 and the maximum value is 10. The platform will also pause if AWS VCPU limits in a region are exceeded.

  • Worker Instance Size: This setting determines the size of the instance used for data processing. The default instance size in AWS (i3.4xlarge) provides 1.9 TB of disk space, which supports the processing of disks up to approximately 1.5 TB. In Azure, the default setting supports disks up to about 800 GB. If you need more working space, select a larger instance size based on your environment (AWS or Azure).

    tip

    For most AWS use cases, it is recommended to keep the Worker Instance Size set to a storage-optimized instance, such as i3.4xlarge.

  • Worker Shutdown Wait: This setting defines how long (in seconds) a worker will remain active after completing a processing task before shutting down. The default value is 5 minutes (300 seconds) if no value is set.