Objective 3.2
Enterprise Certified ArchitectEstimate non-smart store related storage requirements
Objective 3.2 sits in Infrastructure Planning: Index Design, 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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Procurement needs to know which database engine to license before your indexers are built. What third-party database software do Splunk indexes require?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Flat files mean the storage layer is inspectable and portable with no separate service to keep alive. Capacity planning becomes a question about disks.
Why D
Splunk states that it handles everything with flat files and does not require any third-party database software running in the background.
Source
Splunk Docs: Indexes, indexers, and indexer clusters, checked August 2026Splunk Enterprise handles everything with flat files; it doesn't require any third-party database software running in the background.
Now you: objective 3.2 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
You are budgeting disk for six indexers that will be clustered so that no data is lost when one of them dies. What does clustering do to storage requirements?
Sample question 2 of 2
A team lead asks where index directories live. Which path does Splunk name?
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