I have noticed that splunk works great on a true opensource platform like Linux. I am a old SUN guy and love SPARC, but it is slow agree with splunk. I don't trust the OpenSolaris as it has to many problems and no support. Linux is fast, efficient, and cost effective. The other vendor is not worthy to mention for real Enterprise Environment. Best Regards, Craig A. Sayler Sr. Unix-Linux, VMware, Beowulf Cluster Engineer NASA Dryden Flight Research Center ... View more