Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect — Question 11

Data for which of the following indexes will count against an ingest-based license?

Answer options

• A. _introspection
• B. summary
• C. _metrics
• D. main

Correct answer: B, D

Explanation

The indexes 'summary' and 'main' are the ones that incur costs against an ingest-based license because they are considered primary data sources. In contrast, '_introspection' and '_metrics' are typically used for monitoring and do not count against the ingest license.