SPLK-2002 High Availability And Distributed Search Practice Question
What happens to a search job if the Search Head Cluster captain goes down during an active search?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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A new captain is elected and search jobs are recovered.
The cluster will elect a new captain, and the search job will typically resume or be re-dispatched by the new captain depending on the state of the job.
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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The search head cluster becomes read-only.
Why it's wrong here
The cluster remains functional during re-election.
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Indexers stop processing data.
Why it's wrong here
Indexing is independent of SHC captain status.
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A new captain is elected and search jobs are recovered.
Why this is correct
The RAFT algorithm handles captain election and job recovery.
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The entire cluster must be restarted.
Why it's wrong here
This would cause unnecessary downtime.
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The search job is canceled immediately.
Why it's wrong here
The cluster is designed for resilience; the search shouldn't be blindly canceled.
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