SPLK-1003 · Question #31
Which Splunk component does a search head primarily communicate with?
The correct answer is A. Indexer. The search head's core function is to distribute search requests across indexers and then merge and present the results to users. It communicates primarily with indexers to fan out search jobs and collect the partial results back. While a search head may interact with a cluster…
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Which Splunk component does a search head primarily communicate with?
Options
- AIndexer
- BForwarder
- CCluster master
- DDeployment server
How the community answered
(54 responses)- A91% (49)
- B2% (1)
- C2% (1)
- D6% (3)
Explanation
The search head's core function is to distribute search requests across indexers and then merge and present the results to users. It communicates primarily with indexers to fan out search jobs and collect the partial results back. While a search head may interact with a cluster master (for index cluster membership awareness) or a deployment server (for configuration management), its primary and most frequent operational communication is with indexers to execute searches.
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