What is the default schedule for accelerating ES Datamodels?

The default schedule for accelerating Enterprise Security (ES) Data Models in Splunk is set to 5 minutes. This means that Splunk will automatically refresh the accelerated data models every 5 minutes to ensure users always have access to up-to-date data for analysis. The acceleration of data models significantly enhances the performance of searches by pre-computing and storing results in an optimized way. This frequent refresh schedule allows analysts to work with relatively current data while balancing resource consumption on the Splunk infrastructure.

Choosing a different schedule, such as 1 minute or 1 hour, would either overload the system with very frequent updates or provide data that could be outdated for certain types of usage, which is not ideal for a security context where real-time or near real-time insights are often crucial for effective monitoring and response. The 15-minute option also falls outside of the default schedule, making 5 minutes the interval that allows for timely data processing while maintaining system efficiency.