Which of the following indicates the duration events are held in a hot state before transitioning in Splunk's configuration?

The duration that events are held in a hot state before they transition to a warm state is determined by the configuration parameter known as maxHotSpanSecs. This setting defines the maximum amount of time in seconds that events can remain in the hot bucket. Once this time limit is reached, the events will move to a warm state, which is a necessary part of data lifecycle management in Splunk.

Understanding this parameter is crucial for managing how long you want to keep recent data readily available for searches, as it helps in optimizing performance and storage. With a larger value for maxHotSpanSecs, data will stay accessible in the hot state for a longer period, thus potentially affecting search performance if there are many events. On the other hand, a shorter duration leads to quicker transitions and may improve performance by reducing the size of hot buckets.

Other options like maxWarmDBCount and frozenTimePeriodInSecs serve different purposes in data management; the former relates to the number of warm indexes that can exist before Splunk starts rolling older warm buckets to cold, whereas the latter defines how long data remains in the warm/cold state before being archived or deleted. Lastly, maxTotalDataSizeMB indicates the total size of data allowed in the index, but it does not