Now, the third product of Splunk is Splunk Enterprise.
The Splunk Enterprise is a software package.
And to be clear, Splunk does not have any hardware.
It's a complete software package.
The Splunk Enterprise is its flagship product and that it has been around from the beginning and all
other products were built around this Splunk Enterprise package.
As a matter of fact, Splunk Cloud and Splunk Lite version.
You'll get a URL once you have purchased the Splunk or enrolled for this Splunk Lite or Splunk Cloud.
And that's it.
Everything can be accessed via Splunk URL, which has been shared to you, where a Splunk Enterprises
package is a software package which can be downloaded and installed in your environment, either in
a cloud or a virtual infrastructure or on a physical server.
And as a Splunk admin or architect, you will be having Splunk full functionality with Splunk Enterprise
package.
To mention the difference between Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud.
The Splunk Cloud is hosted on Splunk environment itself.
It will be like owned by Splunk dot com and completely managed by Splunk dot com.
You'll be utilizing their cloud service and your data should be sent to their cloud.
Of course it will be over SQL and any config changes should be requested by you through a support portal
and it will be handled as per the Incident Management SLA agreement with the Splunk.
But whereas Splunk Enterprise, which is implemented in your organization, you will have full control
on your configuration changes customisation more control compared to Splunk Cloud and also Splunk Cloud
as a default retention policy like 3030 days of storing your data are 60 days or 90 days, which comes
as part of your initial package.
But if you want to store for a longer duration, then you have to pay more because of the storage costs.
Whereas Splunk Enterprise, it can be decided considering how much storage is available for your Splunk
in your organization.
Now we are clear with Splunk Lite, Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise.
Let's move on to the next products.