Data and Database Management Software
Software provides log and IT data search engine.
Press Release Summary:
Helping to meet compliance mandates, Splunk v2.1 enables distributed search across multiple data centers and geographies. Search results are merged and presented to user in interactive AJAX web user interface. Indexing speeds range from 20,000-120,000 events/sec, and by clustering multiple Splunk servers together, unlimited indexing speed can be achieved. All Server settings including new data inputs can be configured via web-based administration interface.
Original Press Release:
Splunk Launches The World's Highest Performance Log and IT Data Search Engine
Splunk 2.1 Adds Distributed Search, Enhanced Speed, Capacity and Performance for IT Troubleshooting, Compliance and Cost Control
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18 / -- Interop, Booth # 844 -- Splunk (http://www.splunk.com/), innovator in log and IT data search, today announced the availability of Splunk 2.1. The latest version of Splunk adds new capabilities for distributed search across multiple data centers and geographies. With enhancements to speed, capacity and performance, Splunk 2.1 is the highest performance log and IT data search engine for the enterprise. Splunk 2.1 can be downloaded at www.splunk.com/.
"Enterprises are dealing with mountains of data," said Jasmine Noel, technology analyst at Ptak, Noel & Associates. "Finding the cause of a problem in terabytes of data can use up costly resources. Splunk is continuing to set the standard for log and IT data search with faster indexing, real-time search and lower storage requirements, making troubleshooting easier for companies with large datasets across many different systems and technologies."
Splunk's search software indexes and enables you to search and navigate log and other types of IT data generated by any application, server or networking device making it possible to achieve extreme levels of availability, meet compliance mandates and cut operations costs.
Splunk 2.1 extends the Splunk core functionality with enhanced performance, new capabilities and features.
-- Higher performance - With indexing speeds now ranging from 20,000 to 120,000 events per second on a single server, Splunk is the world's highest performance search engine for log and IT data. Unlimited indexing speed can now be achieved by clustering multiple Splunk servers together. Splunk is three to five times faster than other log technologies and log appliances.
-- Distributed Search - Now you can achieve massive scalability across multiple data centers or geographies with Splunk's distributed search. IT professionals can search terabytes of data a day across two, ten or a thousand Splunk servers running in different locations. Search results are conveniently merged and presented to the user in an interactive AJAX web user interface.
-- Lower storage requirements - Splunk now requires 40% less storage capacity for indexing and storing the original log or IT data.
-- Enhanced Administration - All the Splunk Server settings including new data inputs can be configured a new web based administration interface.
-- Solution Bundles - Configuration packages of Saved Splunks, Live Splunks and configurations for accessing and processing data can be created and shared on Splunk Base.
-- Expanded Developer APIs - C++, SOAP, REST and command line APIs have been enhanced to allow for customization, integration and extension of the Splunk web user interface and the underlying Splunk index and search engine.
"Splunk 2.1 is dramatically expanding the ability to indexing log and IT data across the enterprise," said Michael Baum, Chief Executive Splunker. "Our customers see log and IT data as an asset rather than a daunting avalanche of data. With the insight Splunk brings, developers, system administrators, security analysts and operations managers are regaining control of their data centers."
More than 60,000 system administrators, developers and support engineers have downloaded Splunk since its launch in late last year. More than 70 enterprise customers including Apple, BEA, Comcast, FedEx, Sony, Sybase, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of State and Vodafone are splunking their IT infrastructures. The demand for real-time search and navigation through complex mountains of production log and IT data is turning Splunk into a global experience.
Splunk 2.1 Pricing and Availability
Splunk 2.1 is available immediately at www.splunk.com/. Pricing begins at just $2,500 per year.
About Splunk
Splunk lets you instantly figure out what's happening in any part of your IT infrastructure by indexing and enabling you to search all your logs and IT data from any application, server or network device in real-time. The idea was born of our own frustration running some of the world's largest computing environments at places like Apple, HP, Infoseek, Microsoft, SourceForge.net, Sun and Yahoo. Based in San Francisco, Splunk is a private company funded by August Capital, JK&B Capital and Sevin Rosen Funds.
CONTACT: Christine Fife of Splunk Inc., +1-415-568-4208, christine@splunk.com
Web site: http://www.splunk.com/
