SPLK-3003 · Question #84
A customer has been using Splunk for one year, utilizing a single/all-in-one instance. This single Splunk server is now struggling to cope with the daily ingest rate. Also, Splunk has become a vital…
The correct answer is D. Refer the customer to the Splunk Validated Architectures document in order to guide them through. Splunk Validated Architectures (SVA) is the official Cisco/Splunk-provided document specifically designed to guide customers through scaling decisions, topology design, and high availability planning - exactly what this customer needs when outgrowing a single all-in-one…
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A customer has been using Splunk for one year, utilizing a single/all-in-one instance. This single Splunk server is now struggling to cope with the daily ingest rate. Also, Splunk has become a vital system in day-to-day operations making high availability a consideration for the Splunk service. The customer is unsure how to design the new environment topology in order to provide this. Which resource would help the customer gather the requirements for their new architecture?
Options
- ADirect the customer to the docs.splunk.com and tell them that all the information to help them
- BAsk the customer to engage with the sales team immediately as they probably need a larger
- CRefer the customer to answers.splunk.com as someone else has probably already designed a
- DRefer the customer to the Splunk Validated Architectures document in order to guide them through
How the community answered
(44 responses)- A14% (6)
- B5% (2)
- C7% (3)
- D75% (33)
Explanation
Splunk Validated Architectures (SVA) is the official Cisco/Splunk-provided document specifically designed to guide customers through scaling decisions, topology design, and high availability planning - exactly what this customer needs when outgrowing a single all-in-one instance. Option D is correct because SVA documents map real-world requirements (ingest rate, HA needs, user load) to proven, pre-validated deployment topologies like indexer clusters and search head clusters.
Why the distractors fail:
- A is too vague - docs.splunk.com contains vast documentation across many topics, and simply pointing someone there provides no structured guidance for architectural decisions.
- B is premature and sales-oriented; engaging the sales team is a commercial step, not a requirements-gathering or design resource.
- C (answers.splunk.com, the community forum) may have anecdotal examples, but community posts are not validated, authoritative, or tailored to the customer's specific constraints.
Memory tip: Think "SVA = Splunk's blueprint library." When a customer needs to design a new environment - especially for scale or HA - the Splunk Validated Architectures document is the go-to because it pairs validated topologies with the requirements process needed to choose between them.
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