What is Machine Data
Big data can be broken down into two broad categories: human-generated digital footprints and machine data. The newer categories of data such as logs, network, clickstream, and social media becoming part of the mainstream data analysis done by enterprises to make better business decisions. These types of data are sometimes also known as machine data.
Machine Data is the fastest growing and complex areas of big data and also graded as the most valuable that contains a definitive record of all user transactions, customer behavior, machine behavior, security threats, fraudulent activity and more.
Machine Data With Splunk
Splunk makes it easy to collect all of these log files , even though they are not considered structured, as there is no upfront schema for the data, there are no custom connectors, and in general you don’t have to use a relational database
Splunk Provides.
Searching, which allows drilling down into the data to troubleshoot issues and incidents that facilitate the root cause analysis.
Real-time visibility, by which you can monitor and alert your system as a whole, allowing tracking of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and performance issues
Historical analysis, by which you can find trends and historical patterns, behavior baselines and thresholds, and produce compliance reports.