Splunk Core Certified User Practice Exam

What is a key benefit of using a Search Head Cluster?

1. Increased data retention

2. Improved search speed

3. Services more users and shares resources

4. Less manual configuration

The correct answer is: Services more users and shares resources

Utilizing a Search Head Cluster offers the advantage of serving more users and sharing resources effectively. This setup allows multiple search heads to work together, distributing the search load among them. By doing so, the cluster can handle a higher volume of search queries simultaneously, ensuring that response times improve and resource utilization is optimized. This means that as more users initiate searches, the system can manage these requests without heavily taxing a single search head, which could lead to performance degradation. Furthermore, sharing resources such as configurations and apps among the clustered search heads enhances consistency and reduces the administrative burden, as changes made on one search head can be reflected across others. The benefits of increased data retention, improved search speed, and less manual configuration do not directly stem from the nature of a Search Head Cluster itself, but rather from various other configurations and optimizations within Splunk.