Arrow Electronics, Inc.

Implementing Splunk SmartStore 8.1

CODE: SPL_ISS

LENGTH: 8 Hours (1 day)

PRICE: €500,00

Description

This 1-virtual day course is designed for the experienced Splunk system administrators. This hands-on class is designed to provide the essential knowledge for deploying and managing Splunk SmartStore.
It covers SmartStore deployment options, cache manager configurations, monitoring, and troubleshooting of SmartStore implementation.

Objectives

  • Introduction to SmartStore
  • Standalone SmartStore Implementation
  • SmartStore in Indexer Cluster
  • Monitoring and managing SmartStore

Prerequisites

Required:

  • Splunk Enterprise System Administration
  • Splunk Enterprise Data Administration

Strongly recommended:

  • Troubleshooting Splunk Enterprise
  • Working knowledge of:
    • Linux OS commands
    • Editing files with vi or nano
    • Splunk index life-cycle and bucket transitions
    • Splunk indexer cluster concept

    Programme

    Module 1 – Introduction to SmartStore

    • Benefits of SmartStore
    • SmartStore requirements and restrictions
    • Indexing in SmartStore
    • Searching in SmartStore

    Module 2 – Standalone SmartStore Implementation

    • Enabling SmartStore indexes
    • Bootstrapping SmartStore indexes
    • Validating the implementation
    • Module 3 – SmartStore in Indexer Cluster

      • Implementation differences between deployments
      • SmartStore in an indexer cluster
      • SmartStore migration in indexer clusters
      • Module 4 – Monitoring and managing SmartStore

        • Monitoring SmartStore
        • Monitoring SmartStore activites
        • Cache manager settings
        • Optimizing eviction policies
        • Session Dates