Big data analytics using Splunk: deriving operational intelligence from social media, machine data, existing data warehouses, and other real-time streaming sources

摘要

When looking for options to provide scalable high-performance storage and processing of big data, frameworks such as Hadoop, with Pig and Hive, or NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or CouchDB, spring to mind. However, in the field of information technology (IT) operations, a product like Splunk stands out as a well-established option to analyze the deluge of machine-generated data, delivering operational intelligence.