SPLK-2002 Deployment Architecture And Clustering Practice Question
When designing a large-scale multisite cluster, which factor most significantly impacts the search performance when running searches across all sites?
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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Network latency between sites
Cross-site network latency is the biggest bottleneck for search performance in multisite indexer clusters.
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 number of buckets per indexer
Why it's wrong here
This is a performance factor but secondary to network latency in multisite.
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The number of users
Why it's wrong here
This affects concurrency, not data retrieval speed.
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Network latency between sites
Why this is correct
Latency directly affects the speed of distributed search results.
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The number of search heads
Why it's wrong here
This is a scaling factor but not the primary bottleneck.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Splunk exam blueprint
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