Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

What happens to data when it is rolled from Hot to Warm buckets?

1. It is compressed and stored more efficiently

2. It is deleted from Splunk

3. It is renamed and remains in the same directory

4. It is moved to cold storage immediately

The correct answer is: It is renamed and remains in the same directory

When data rolls from Hot to Warm buckets in Splunk, it indeed undergoes specific changes, which includes being renamed and reorganized within the same directory structure. Hot buckets are those currently being written to and are actively indexed. Once data has aged out or reaches a certain threshold, it transitions to Warm buckets. During this transition, the data is renamed, reflecting its new status as Warm, though it remains in the same directory as before. This organizational structure helps maintain file management within Splunk, allowing for efficient retrieval and storage while still categorizing the data based on its temperature state. In contrast, data is not deleted from Splunk upon this transition, nor is it immediately archived to cold storage. Compression is more characteristic of changes that occur when data moves from Warm to Cold stages, helping to reduce storage costs but not during the initial shift to Warm.