Splunk Exam SPLK-2002 Topic 5 Question 104 Discussion

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Question #: 104
Topic #: 5

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Data for which of the following indexes will count against an ingest-based license?

Asummary

Bmain

C_metrics

D_introspection

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Suggested Answer: B

Splunk Enterprise licensing is based on the amount of data that is ingested and indexed by the Splunk platform per day1.The data that counts against the license is the data that is stored in the indexes that are visible to the users and searchable by the Splunk software2.The indexes that are visible and searchable by default are the main index and any custom indexes that are created by the users or the apps3.The main index is the default index where Splunk Enterprise stores all data, unless otherwise specified4.

Option B is the correct answer because the data for the main index will count against the ingest-based license, as it is a visible and searchable index by default. Option A is incorrect because the summary index is a special type of index that stores the results of scheduled reports or accelerated data models, which do not count against the license. Option C is incorrect because the _metrics index is an internal index that stores metrics data about the Splunk platform performance, which does not count against the license. Option D is incorrect because the _introspection index is another internal index that stores data about the impact of the Splunk software on the host system, such as CPU, memory, disk, and network usage, which does not count against the license.

1:How Splunk Enterprise licensing works - Splunk Documentation2:What data counts against my license? - Splunk Documentation3: [About indexes and indexers - Splunk Documentation]4: [The main index - Splunk Documentation] : [Summary indexing - Splunk Documentation] : [About metrics indexes - Splunk Documentation] : [About the Monitoring Console - Splunk Documentation]

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Shonda

2 months ago

I'm just here for the free donuts and coffee. As for the answer, I'm going to go with E) _unicorn, because why not?

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Karrie

2 months ago

This is a classic trick question. The answer is obviously A) summary, because who doesn't love a good summary?

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Felix

1 months ago

Thanks for the tip, I'll remember that A) summary counts against an ingest-based license.

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Hollis

1 months ago

I thought it might be C) _metrics, but now I see it's A) summary.

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Micah

1 months ago

I always get tricked by these questions, but now I know it's A) summary.

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Mattie

2 months ago

Yeah, definitely A) summary.

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Coral

2 months ago

A) summary is the correct answer, it counts against an ingest-based license.

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Joseph

2 months ago

I think it's A) summary too.

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Shaunna

2 months ago

A) summary

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Kris

2 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think summary and main indexes do not count against an ingest-based license.

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Francine

2 months ago

But what about summary and main indexes? Do you think data for those will count against the license?

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Chu

2 months ago

Ah, the age-old question of which index counts against the ingest-based license. I'm going with D) _introspection, because who doesn't love a little self-reflection?

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