What type of data does a Deployment Server manage?

A Deployment Server is primarily responsible for managing apps and configurations within a Splunk environment. It serves as a central point for distributing and maintaining the various Splunk apps and configurations needed across multiple Splunk instances, particularly in environments with a large number of distributed Splunk instances.

When using a Deployment Server, you can efficiently control which apps and configurations are sent to the forwarders, ensuring consistency and ease of management across your infrastructure. This enables organizations to maintain a standardized setup and streamline updates or changes to configurations.

In contrast, raw event logs refer to the actual data generated by various sources that Splunk ingests, user access and permissions pertain to security and access control within Splunk, and data backups are concerned with the storage and retrieval of Splunk data. These aspects are important but do not fall under the specific functions of a Deployment Server. Thus, the correct choice directly aligns with the core purpose of a Deployment Server in managing and dispersing applications and configuration settings across the Splunk environment.