Objective 16.3

Enterprise Certified Architect

Cluster migration and upgrade considerations

Objective 16.3 sits in Multisite Indexer Cluster, which carries 5% of the Enterprise Certified Architect 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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16-3Multisite Indexer Cluster

An administrator asks how similar multisite is to single-site. What does Splunk say?

Entirely differentSplunk describes them as similar in most respects.
Similar in most respectsCorrect · your answerCorrect.
Identical in all waysSplunk names differences in configuration and behavior.
Simpler to configureMultisite adds configuration rather than removing it.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

Most of what an administrator already knows carries over, which keeps the migration a matter of configuration rather than relearning. The differences are contained and documented.

Why B

Splunk states that multisite clusters are similar in most respects to basic, single-site clusters, with some differences in configuration and behavior.

Source

You can specify the number of copies of data on each site. Multisite clusters are similar in most respects to basic, single-site clusters, with some differences in configuration and behavior.

Splunk Docs: About indexer clusters and index replication, checked August 2026
#clustering#multisite

Now you: objective 16.3 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

16-3Multisite Indexer Cluster

An analyst asks what site awareness lets a cluster span. What does Splunk say?

Sample question 2 of 2

16-3Multisite Indexer Cluster

A team lead asks what a valid state means in a multisite cluster. What does Splunk say?

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