Splunk Enterprise Security

Splunk Enterprise Security and Windows Server

jgorman_THG
Explorer

Hello,

I have a client who is insisting on building an on-prem Splunk environment with Windows Servers.

Can someone tell me if Windows Server is a show-stopper for running ES? What functions won't work, or will have problems?

Thanks,

JG

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adonio
Ultra Champion

per this doc:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/ES/4.7.1/Install/DeploymentPlanning
windows Search Head Clustering is not supported.
however, i dont think its a show stopper.
seen it works nicely in few deployments.
hope it helps

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