Virtual ONLY: DASUG 2nd-Tuesday Mar 9 presents: Dashboard Evolution for very large datasets

Mar 10, 2021, 12:00 – 3:00 AM

Do you have dashboards that load too slowly to comfortably use, especially with wide timepicker windows? Do you understand how the Splunk dashboard architecture works? Have you performed a tradeoff analysis on cache vs. lookups vs. data models vs. data model acceleration? Come and hear a "pain-by-numbers" use-case about the evolution of a complex dashboard that processes very large datasets.

About this event

Train-Wreck to Bullet-Train: Dashboard Evolution for very large datasets

Do you have dashboards that load too slowly to comfortably use, especially with wide timepicker windows? Do you understand how the Splunk dashboard architecture works? Have you performed a tradeoff analysis on cache vs. lookups vs. data models vs. data model acceleration? Come and hear a "pain-by-numbers" use-case about the evolution of a complex dashboard that processes very large datasets.  Yes, this is related to the previous DASUG event/project.

Topics
* General requirements and architecture
* Base/Post-process Searches and Data Cubes
* The Rumsfeld Doctrine: Unknowns going into the design (future-casting)
* Initial dashboard (cache-based)
* Performance Problems
* Tradeoff Analysis
* Data Model Acceleration (DMA)
* Performance Improvements
* Dashboard Tradeoffs / Lessons Learned

Speaker

  • Greg Smith

    Splunxter, Inc.

    Sr Consultant

When

When

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
12:00 AM – 3:00 AM UTC

Agenda

Soft Start
Hard Start
Q & A
Free Time

Host

  • Gregg Woodcock

    Splunxter, Inc.

    President

Organizers

  • Gregg Woodcock

    Splunxter, Inc.

  • Noah Woodcock

  • Noah Woodcock

  • Greg Smith

    Leader, Dallas Area Splunk User Group

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