Does Splunk Cloud offer "real infrastructure" options?

Splunk Cloud does not offer "real infrastructure" options, meaning it does not provide customers with direct access to the underlying physical servers or hardware used to run the service. Instead, Splunk Cloud is a fully managed service where infrastructure management, scaling, and maintenance are handled by Splunk. This streamlined approach allows users to focus on their data and analytics, while Splunk manages the operational challenges of maintaining and optimizing the infrastructure.

By design, Splunk Cloud is intended to take the complexity out of deploying Splunk in an environment where users only need to configure their data inputs and analytics settings without worrying about hardware or infrastructure management. This model of "infrastructure as a service" contrasts with traditional deployments where users may have control over their servers and infrastructure components.