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Introduction to Splunk
In this section of the Splunk tutorial you will learn in-depth Splunk, the three phases in which
Splunk works, what is operational intelligence, how Splunk works with machine data in a
datacenter.

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What is Splunk?

Introduction
Splunk is a powerful platform for analyzing machine data, data that machines emit in great
volumes but which is seldom used e�ectively. The fastest way to understand the power and
versatility of Splunk is to consider two scenarios: one in the datacenter and one in the
marketing department. Splunk   produces software for searching, monitoring, and
analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface.

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Splunk gathered all of the relevant information into a central index that you could rapidly
search. Splunk can provide a detailed window into what is happening in your machine data.
Splunk can also reveal historical trends, correlate multiple sources of information, and help
in thousands of other ways.

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Splunk does something that no other product can: e�ciently capture and analyze massive
amounts of unstructured, time-series textual machine data.

Splunk works into three phases–

First, identify the data that can answer your question.

Second, transform the data into the results that can answer your question.
Third, display the answer in a report, interactive chart, or graph to make it intelligible to
a wide range of audiences.

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How Splunk Mastered Machine Data in the Datacenter
Splunk begins with indexing, which means gathering all the data from diverse locations
and combining it into centralized indexes. Before Splunk, system administrators would
have had to log in to many di�erent machines to gain access to all the data using far
less powerful tools.
Using the indexes, Splunk can quickly search the logs from all servers and hone in on

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when the problem occurred. With its speed, scale, and usability, Splunk makes
determining when a problem occurred that much faster.
Splunk can then drill down into the time period when the problem �rst occurred to
determine its root cause. Alerts can then be created to head the issue o� in the future.

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Operational Intelligence
Operational intelligence is not an outgrowth of business intelligence (https://intellipaat.com/all-
courses/business-intelligence/) (BI), but a new approach based on sources of information not
typically within the purview of BI solutions. Operational data is not only incredibly valuable
for improving IT operations, but also for yielding insights into other parts of the busin ess. O
perational intelligence (https://intellipaat.com/blog/splunk-analytics-for-hadoop/) enables
organizations to:-

Use machine data to gain a deeper understanding of their customers.

Reveal important patterns and analytics derived from correlating events from many
sources.
Reduce the time between an important event and its detection
Leverage live feeds and historical data to make sense of what is happening now, to �nd
trends and anomalies, and to make more informed decisions based on that
information.
Deploy a solution quickly and deliver the �exibility needed by organizations today and
in the future—that is, the ability to provide ad hoc reports, answer questions, and add
new data sources. 

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