What is Splunk?
What is Splunk? Log management or log collection tool. Infrastructure monitoring tool. Application monitoring tool. Reporting tool. Analytical tool. Operational intelligence. Splunk Products? Splunk Light Lightest version of splunk, contains all basic functionality. Hosted on Splunk infrastructure. Splunk Cloud Contains all the functionality of Splunk. Hosted on Splunk infrastructure. Retention policy depends on your package. Supported by Splunk.Inc. Splunk Enterprise Contains all functionality of Splunk. Hosted on your infrastructure. Retention policy depends on your needs. Supported by Splunk.Inc. Splunk License? Licensing in Splunk is basically based on data ingested per day. i.e. from 00:00 to 23:59 For example: 10GB/Day etc This means 10GB of data is processed by Splunk and stored in one day. There are various types of licenses: Free: 500MB/Day Developer: 10GB/Day Enterprise: Depends on your project requirements.