SPLK-2002 Performance Tuning Practice Question
What is the impact of placing a very high number of indexes on a single indexer?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Increased file handle usage and potential performance degradation
Too many indexes create too many open file handles and increase the overhead of bucket management, hurting disk I/O performance.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Increased file handle usage and potential performance degradation
Why this is correct
Correct, managing many indexes creates high system overhead.
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Reduced licensing costs
Why it's wrong here
Index count does not impact licensing.
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Improved search speed
Why it's wrong here
No, it generally degrades it due to overhead.
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Faster data ingestion
Why it's wrong here
Ingestion is slowed by the management of many open buckets.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Splunk exam blueprint
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