What are Splunk logs?

The log files in Splunk are located at $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk for the internal log, and $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/introspection for the introspection logs. The log records contain data about the impact of the Splunk software on the host system. There is also a Splunk search log that is located at the $SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/dispatch/. The search log contains the data about the search operation including the run time and other performance metrics.