What are the estimated log events indexed daily by a company indexing 5TB of logs in Splunk?

To determine the estimated number of log events indexed daily by a company indexing 5TB of logs in Splunk, one must consider the typical size of individual log events. Logs can vary significantly in size, but a common industry average is that each log event is approximately 10KB.

If we base our calculations on this average size, we can calculate the number of log events as follows:

1. First, convert the total log size (5TB) into bytes:

• 5TB = 5 * 1024GB = 5120GB

• 5120GB = 5120 * 1024MB = 5,242,880MB

• 5,242,880MB = 5,242,880 * 1024KB = 5,368,709,120KB

• 5,368,709,120KB = 5,368,709,120 * 1024 bytes = 5,760,000,000,000 bytes.

2. Next, if we assume an average event size of 10KB (which is 10,240 bytes), we divide the total number of bytes by the size of each event to find the estimated