Resegmenting chunks of data based on source type to facilitate load balancing

A computing device comprising:

• a processor device;
• and
• a first storage device having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor device cause the computing device to:
• receive, at a forwarder device, a plurality of first chunks of data comprising one or more entries that include raw data, wherein respective chunk boundaries of the plurality of first chunks are independent of entry boundaries of the one or more entries, wherein the entry boundaries occur in at least some of the plurality of first chunks, and wherein at least one of the one or more entries bridges at least two successive first chunks;
• resegment, at the forwarder device, the plurality of first chunks into a plurality of second chunks of data by scanning at least one first chunk for an entry boundary based on a source type of a data source from which the raw data originated;
• distribute, from the forwarder device, to a first indexer of a set of indexers, a first subset of the plurality of second chunks;
• determine, at the forwarder device, an occurrence of a configurable trigger event, wherein the trigger event comprises criteria for switching between indexers of the set of indexers;
• and
• in response to the trigger event, distribute, from the forwarder device, a second subset of the plurality of second chunks to a second indexer of the set of indexers, wherein each entry of the first and second subsets is comprised entirely within a single subset.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions, execution of which in a computing device causes the computing device to:

• receiving, at a forwarder device, a plurality of first chunks of data comprising one or more entries that include raw data, wherein respective chunk boundaries of the plurality of first chunks are independent of entry boundaries of the one or more entries, wherein the entry boundaries occur in at least some of the plurality of first chunks, and wherein at least one of the one or more entries bridges at least two successive first chunks;
• resegmenting, at the forwarder device, the plurality of first chunks into a plurality of second chunks of data by scanning at least one first chunk for an entry boundary based on a source type of a data source from which the raw data originated;
• distributing, from the forwarder device, to a first indexer of a set of indexers, a first subset of the plurality of second chunks;
• determining, at the forwarder device, an occurrence of a configurable trigger event, wherein the trigger event comprises criteria for switching between indexers of the set of indexers;
• and
• in response to the trigger event, distributing, from the forwarder device, a second subset of the plurality of second chunks to a second indexer of the set of indexers, wherein each entry of the first and second subsets is comprised entirely within a single subset.