Splunking at Scale: An Admin's Guide

Feb 5, 5:00 – 6:15 AM (UTC)

Canberra Splunk User Group

For our first meeting of 2026, Matt Searles (ex Splunker) will be discussing some of the challenges of running Splunk at large scale. What's large scale? 100 GB? 1 TB? 100 TB? 1 PB?!! Based on experience as Professional Services at Splunk and contracting in the Public Sector, lessons have been learned. There's pro's, there's con's and a whole lot in-between.

About this event

For our first meeting of 2026, Matt Searles (ex Splunker) will be discussing some of the challenges of running Splunk at large scale. What's large scale? 100 GB? 1 TB? 100 TB? 1 PB?!!

Based on experience as Professional Services at Splunk and contracting in the Public Sector, lessons have been learned. There's pro's, there's con's and a whole lot in-between.

Please bring your questions, queries and experiences. No deployment is too big or too small, let's make this interactive!


Please note that our venue sponsor (AWS Canberra) requires that visitors to their venue be registered. This process will be a lot faster if you preregister for the event before COB Wednesday February 4. And please bring photo ID.

Note: Any content presented at this event cannot be recorded, shared, or published without written approval from the content owner. This event is for Splunk customers & users only. Journalists and media publications are expressly forbidden from using any content from this event for publishing purposes.

When

When

Thursday, February 5, 2026
5:00 AM – 6:15 AM (UTC)

Agenda

5:00 AMRegistration and mingling
5:15 AMWelcome and introductionss
5:25 AMPresentation
6:00 AMClosing - door prize raffle

Organizers

  • Chris Barrett

    BarrettNet

    Owner, and Principal Consultant

  • Matthew Searles

    User Group Leader

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