SPLK-2002 Data Lifecycle Management Practice Question
A large-scale Splunk deployment is experiencing 'bucket rolling' latency. Upon investigation, you determine that the indexer is waiting for the indexer cluster manager to acknowledge the bucket status. Which indexer clustering setting directly impacts the speed of bucket replication during the rolling process?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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max_replication_streams
replication_factor impacts the number of copies, but the throughput of bucket replication is managed by the replication queue settings.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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search_factor
Why it's wrong here
Search factor defines how many buckets are searchable, not the replication speed.
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max_replication_streams
Why this is correct
Increasing max_replication_streams allows more concurrent bucket replications, reducing rolling latency.
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service_interval
Why it's wrong here
This controls the frequency of cluster status checks, not the replication throughput.
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heartbeat_timeout
Why it's wrong here
This impacts failover detection, not data replication speed.
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