Splunk Exam SPLK-5002 Topic 1 Question 6 Discussion

Splunk prevents duplicate data from being indexed through event parsing, which occurs during the data ingestion process.

How Event Parsing Prevents Duplicate Data:

Splunk's indexer parses incoming data and assigns unique timestamps, metadata, and event IDs to prevent reindexing duplicate logs.

CRC Checks (Cyclic Redundancy Checks) are applied to avoid duplicate event ingestion.

Index-time filtering and transformation rules help detect and drop repeated data before indexing.

Incorrect Answers: A. Data deduplication -- While deduplication removes duplicates in searches, it does not prevent duplicate indexing. B. Metadata tagging -- Tags help with categorization but do not control duplication. C. Indexer clustering -- Clustering improves redundancy and availability but does not prevent duplicates.

Splunk Data Parsing Process

Splunk Indexing and Data Handling