What is the primary scaling type for Deployment Servers?

The primary scaling type for Deployment Servers is tiered scaling. This approach involves organizing the deployment of applications or configurations in a multi-layer structure, where Deployment Servers manage and distribute updates and configurations to various groups of clients in a structured hierarchy.

In a tiered model, you can have multiple layers of Deployment Servers that forward configurations to lower-tier servers or directly to clients. This helps in optimizing resource management and ensures that client systems receive only the relevant configurations based on their roles or requirements. It allows for better management of a large number of client instances by segmenting them effectively, which facilitates easier updates and maintenance.

The other scaling types such as vertical, horizontal, and clustered focus on different methodologies of scaling systems or applications, but they don’t align with the unique requirements and operational dynamics of Deployment Servers in Splunk, which emphasizes a hierarchical approach to efficiently distribute deployment-related tasks across various clients.