Running this search in a distributed environment: On what Splunk component does the eval command get executed?

The correct answer is C. Search peers. In a distributed Splunk environment, the search head decomposes a search job and dispatches it to search peers (indexers). Streaming commands-those that operate on one event at a time without needing to see all results-such as eval, rex, fields, and where, are executed locally…

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Running this search in a distributed environment:

On what Splunk component does the eval command get executed?

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Options

AHeavy Forwarders
BUniversal Forwarders
CSearch peers
DSearch heads

How the community answered

(24 responses)

A
8% (2)
B
4% (1)
C
88% (21)

Explanation

In a distributed Splunk environment, the search head decomposes a search job and dispatches it to search peers (indexers). Streaming commands-those that operate on one event at a time without needing to see all results-such as eval, rex, fields, and where, are executed locally on each search peer as close to the data as possible. This reduces the volume of data that must be sent back to the search head for final aggregation. Transforming/reporting commands (like stats, chart) run on the search head after results are returned. Heavy Forwarders (A) and Universal Forwarders (B) are data collection components, not search executors. The Search Head (D) runs the final aggregation but delegates streaming commands to the peers.

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