1. A system, comprising: a plurality of forwarder devices, each forwarder device operating within a different client device having one or more processors, wherein at least one forwarder device performs actions, including: selecting an indexer from within a plurality of indexers; sending data to the selected indexer to be replicated according to a defined replication factor; and a cluster having the plurality of indexers, each indexer having one or more processors that perform actions, including: receiving, by the selected indexer, the data and defined replication factor, the selected indexer being designated as a primary indexer for the received data at a specified generation identifier (GEN_ID) for the data; sending, by the selected indexer, to a number of other indexers the data and a journal including metadata useable to recreate the data, the number of other indexers being defined by the replication factor and each of the other indexers being designated as secondary indexers for the data at the specified GEN_ID, and at least one of the secondary indexers being further designated as a primary indexer for different data; and each indexer in the plurality of indexers receiving a query request for the data at the specified GEN_ID, wherein the primary indexer for the data at the specified GEN_ID responds, and each secondary indexer for the data at the specified GEN_ID ignores the request.