This section describes the Splunk Enterprise on Dell EMC Infrastructure reference architecture. Dell EMC designed this architecture to meet or exceed the performance of Splunk Enterprise running on reference hardware that Splunk recommends. Figure 3 shows a high-level view of the Splunk Enterprise on Dell EMC Infrastructure reference architecture.

Figure 3.         Splunk Enterprise on Dell EMC Infrastructure reference architecture

This reference architecture provides high performance and low latency I/O by using SSD storage for Splunk Hot/Warm bucket data. It also provides high capacity by using HDD disks or Isilon storage for Splunk Cold bucket data.

Note: For an explanation of the Hot/Warm, and Cold bucket concepts, see Splunk core architecture.