{"id":19138,"date":"2020-08-25T00:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T00:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=19138"},"modified":"2020-08-25T00:36:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T00:36:37","slug":"new-comment-on-reddit-1913","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=19138","title":{"rendered":"New comment on reddit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Main problem with Splunk is that it is extremely expensive. It gets to a point where many organizations say screw it, we're gonna go with ELK, Azure Log Analytics, or some other product that is cheaper\/less expensive\/free.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The "problem" with FLOSS solutions is that they appear<\/em> "free" – but always<\/em> come with their own attendant, sometimes external, costs: Is ELK stack "cheaper" than Splunk? <\/p>\n

Maybe..<\/p>\n

Maybe not<\/p>\n

And with other commerical offerings, you have the same questions: is Scalyr cheaper than Splunk?<\/p>\n

Maybe.<\/p>\n

Maybe not.<\/p>\n

Splunk, in some ways, is where Oracle was 25 years ago – in the 90s, Oracle was practically giving-away training and experience to college students so that when they graduated their only "database experience" was with Oracle (pretty brilliant marketing, honestly)<\/p>\n

Splunk is not cheap.<\/p>\n

But it also does a lot<\/em> that other platforms either don't<\/em> do – or don't do very well<\/em>: and that's its massive strength – it can scale more-or-less "infinitely" (there are multi-petabyte customers out there) and will digest more-or-less anything you throw at it.<\/p>\n

For niche<\/em> activities and data sources, there are<\/em> "better" tools.<\/p>\n

But for "any" data source? Probably<\/em> not [today].<\/p>\n

Splunk's the 800-pound-gorilla in data processing, search, SIEM, log retention, etc: but if they don't watch their backs, they'll get shot in the head by a poacher looking to stuff a rare head on their wall.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

August 24, 2020 at 08:09PM
\nvia reddit https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Splunk\/comments\/ifth9g\/will_splunk_be_more_or_less_important_to_your_org\/g2qyob6?utm_source=ifttt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Main problem with Splunk is that it is extremely expensive. It gets to a point where many organizations say screw it, we're gonna go with ELK, Azure Log Analytics, or some other product that is cheaper\/less expensive\/free. The "problem" with FLOSS solutions is that they appear "free" – but always come with their own attendant, …
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