Objective 18.1
Enterprise Certified ArchitectSplunk search head cluster overview
Objective 18.1 sits in Search Head 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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Ten analysts log into whichever of your three clustered search heads is free, and each one behaves the same. What is a search head cluster?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Making the members interchangeable is what lets a load balancer sit in front of them. Everything the cluster shares exists to support that interchangeability.
Why D
Splunk states that a search head cluster is a group of Splunk Enterprise search heads that serves as a central resource for searching, and that the members are essentially interchangeable.
Source
Splunk Docs: About search head clustering, checked August 2026A search head cluster is a group of Splunk Enterprise search heads that serves as a central resource for searching. The members of a search head cluster are essentially interchangeable.
Now you: objective 18.1 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
Members of your search head cluster must be interchangeable, so that any of them can serve any user. What must the members share?
Sample question 2 of 3
The member acting as captain in your search head cluster crashes overnight. What happens to management of the cluster?
Sample question 3 of 3
User numbers on your search head cluster have doubled and searches are queuing. What does horizontal scaling mean here?
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Read the sources
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