Module 1 – Introduction
- Overview of the Splunk deployment planning process and associated tools
Module 2 – Project Requirements
Identify critical information about environment, volume, users, and requirements
Review checklists and resources to aid in collecting requirements
Module 3 – Infrastructure Planning: Index Design
Design and size indexes
Estimate storage requirements
Identify relevant apps
Module 4 – Infrastructure Planning: Resource Planning
List sizing factors for servers
Describe how reference hardware is used to scale deployments
Identify the impact of clustering for index replication and for search heads
Module 5 - Clustering Overview
Describe the different clustering capabilities
Introduce the concepts of indexer and search head clustering
Module 6 - Forwarder and Deployment Best Practices
Review types of forwarders
Describe how to manage forwarder installation
Review configuration management for all Splunk components, using Splunk deployment tools
Provide best practices for a Splunk deployment
Module 7 - Integration
Describe integration methods
Identify common integration points
Module 8 – Performance Monitoring and Tuning
Use the Monitoring Console to track the performance of your test environment
List options to fine tune performance for production environment
Module 9 – Use Cases
Provide example architecture topologies
Discuss different architecture options based on use case