Data retention in Splunk Observability Cloud 🔗
The following sections list the data retention for each product in Splunk Observability Cloud.
Note
The data retention listed in each section applies to real-time metrics. Archived metrics have a retention period of 31 days, and this period doesn’t depend on the Splunk Observability Cloud product.
To learn more about archived metrics, see Archived metrics.
Data retention in Infrastructure Monitoring 🔗
The following table shows the retention time period for each data type in Infrastructure Monitoring.
Data resolution |
Retention |
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1 second resolution |
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10 seconds or more |
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Data retention in Real User Monitoring (RUM) 🔗
The following table shows the retention time period for each data type in RUM.
Data type |
Retention |
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Spans |
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Data retention in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) 🔗
The following table shows the retention time period for each data type in APM.
Data type |
Retention |
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Traces |
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Data retention in Splunk On-Call 🔗
Data collected by Splunk On-Call is retained unless you request that your data be deleted. For more information, see Splunk On-Call Security FAQ .
Data retention in Splunk Synthetic Monitoring 🔗
The following table shows the retention time period for each data type in Splunk Synthetic Monitoring.
Data type |
Retention |
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Run results |
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Metric data |
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