Splunk 7.x Quick Start Guide

Splunk resource cost calculations

The significant items to include in Splunk resource-cost calculations include:

• Hardware, such as CPU/memory/disk, or equivalent cloud instances, and any network, firewall, and load-balancer services
• Splunk licensing: This includes the initial volume-based licensing and annual support fees (again, by volume) for both Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud, and any Splunk Premium applications (such as Enterprise security or IT service intelligence)
• Administration and support: Splunk personnel and training costs

Since there is an initial up-front investment for the Splunk license and any incremental increases, the calculated ingestion-volume-based charges in a charge-back or other funding plan should be cost-averaged ...