What are the best data inputs for using Splunk to monitor and triage the health of the applications in my environment?

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I want to Implement the searches published at What are the best practice searches for application monitoring? Are there any best practices or apps and add-ons I can leverage to get data from my application infrastructure so I can improve availability, performance, and usage?

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