The Splunk administrator wants to ensure data is distributed evenly amongst the indexers. To do this, he runs the following search over the last 24 hours: index=* What field can the administrator chec

The correct answer is D. splunk_server. The splunk_server field identifies which indexer (search peer) each event resides on. By grouping results by splunk_server (e.g., | stats count by splunk_server), the administrator can see how many events each indexer holds and confirm even distribution. The 'host' field shows th

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The Splunk administrator wants to ensure data is distributed evenly amongst the indexers. To do this, he runs the following search over the last 24 hours:

index=* What field can the administrator check to see the data distribution?

Options

Ahost
Bindex
Clinecount
Dsplunk_server

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B
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D
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Explanation

The splunk_server field identifies which indexer (search peer) each event resides on. By grouping results by splunk_server (e.g., | stats count by splunk_server), the administrator can see how many events each indexer holds and confirm even distribution. The 'host' field shows the originating machine that generated the event, 'index' shows which index the data belongs to, and 'linecount' is an internal metadata field about raw event line counts-none of these reveal which physical indexer holds the data.

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