Objective 8.4
Enterprise Certified AdminList search head scaling options
Objective 8.4 sits in Distributed Search, which carries 10% of the Enterprise Certified Admin exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.
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A worked example
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An administrator wants several search heads to share configurations and jobs. What does Splunk say to deploy?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Sharing state between search heads is what lets any of them answer any user. Without it, each one is a separate island with its own saved objects.
Why C
Splunk states that you can deploy multiple search heads in a search head cluster, that the search heads in the cluster share resources, configurations and jobs, and that this offers a way to scale your deployment transparently to your users.
Source
Splunk Docs: About distributed search, checked August 2026Deploy multiple search heads in a search head cluster. The search heads in the cluster share resources, configurations, and jobs. This offers a way to scale your deployment transparently to your users.
Now you: objective 8.4 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
You are adding two search heads and can either leave the six indexers standalone or make them a cluster. What does deploying the search heads as part of an indexer cluster add?
Sample question 2 of 2
You run three search heads against an indexer cluster and are deciding whether they must also be joined into a search head cluster. What arrangement does the platform allow?
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