Data Scan Unit (DSU)
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- Unit
- Data Scan Unit (10 TB)
- Aliases
- DSU; Federated Search for Amazon S3 data scanning
- Definition
- Purchase Capacity and Limitations, Splunk Offerings (August 2026): "A DSU is a unit of 10TB of data scanning capabilities using Splunk Federated Search on customer-managed cloud data storage, as further explained in the service documentation."
- Counting rules
- Sold in units of 10 TB for scanning external customer-managed cloud object stores. Overages after pre-purchased units are depleted are billed in units of 1TB, rounded up, at one-tenth of the list price of a 10 TB Data Scan Unit.
- Floors / minimums
- Minimum purchase is one 10 TB unit.
- Applies to products
- Splunk Federated Search
- Product category