Monitor the Storage Summary dashboard

This dashboard shows searchable and archive storage license usage data so Splunk Cloud Platform administrators can ensure their organization stays within its licensed subscription limits.

About the Storage Summary dashboard

The Storage Summary dashboard highlights important information that also displays on the Entitlements, Searchable Storage (DDAS), and Archive Storage (DDAA) dashboards. This dashboard provides insights into your data retention based on the uncompressed data you have indexed.

Note: To view this dashboard, you must have the indexes_edit capability.

Review the Storage Summary dashboard

To investigate your panels, go to Cloud Monitoring Console > License Usage > Storage Summary.

Panel Description
Searchable Storage (DDAS) Entitlement Shows the amount of your entitled searchable storage based on your DDAS license entitlement.
Searchable Storage (DDAS) Usage Shows the amount of searchable storage used by both customer-created and metered internal indexes.
Searchable Storage (DDAS) Usage Percent Shows your percentage of usage compared to your DDAS license entitlement.

The value displays in the following colors to indicate status:

  • Green: Usage is well under the entitlement limit.
  • Yellow: Usage is at or above 80% of the entitlement limit.
  • Red: Usage at or above 90% and close to exceeding the entitlement limit.
Archive Storage (DDAA) Entitlement Shows the amount of your archive storage entitlement based on your DDAA license.
Archive Storage (DDAA) Usage Shows the amount of archive storage used by both customer-created and metered internal indexes.
Archive Storage (DDAA) Usage Percent Shows your percentage of usage compared to your DDAA license entitlement.

The value displays in the following colors to indicate status:

  • Green: Usage is well under the entitlement limit.
  • Yellow: Usage is at or above 80% of the entitlement limit.
  • Red: Usage at or above 90% and close to exceeding the entitlement limit.

If your organization doesn't have a DDAA subscription, this panel displays N/A.

Restored Entitlement, Restored Searchable Storage (DDAS) Usage, and Restored Searchable Storage (DDAS) Usage Percent For more information, see the panel descriptions in the Review the Searchable Storage (DDAS) dashboard section.

If your organization doesn't have a DDAA subscription, these panels don't appear.

Index Details Provides a tabular overview of index retention and storage usage, per index.
  • Searchable Storage (DDAS) Retention Days
  • Searchable Storage (DDAS) Index Size GB
  • Archive Storage (DDAA) Retention Days
  • Archive Storage (DDAA) Usage GB
  • Archived GB Last 90 Days
  • Expired GB Last 90 Days

For Archived GB Last 90 Days and Expired GB Last 90 Days, the 90-day count is up to midnight of the previous day from when you accessed the dashboard. This means if you access the dashboard on January 1 at 9:00 AM, the 90th day of data is December 31 at 11:59 PM. Searchable Storage (DDAS) Retention Days and Archive Storage (DDAA) Retention Days also display values as of midnight of the previous day.

Interpret storage summary results

  • If the Searchable Storage (DDAS) Usage Percent panel value displays in red or yellow, this indicates that you need to reduce your DDAS usage. See the Searchable Storage (DDAS) dashboard for more detailed information.
  • If the Archive Storage (DDAA) Usage Percent panel value displays in red or yellow, this indicates that you need to reduce your DDAA usage. See the Archive Storage (DDAA) for more detailed information.