# Use cases for log analysis using ELK Stack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-cases-for-log-analysis-using-elk-stack/41582>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 12, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-cases-for-log-analysis-using-elk-stack/41582 "2016-02-12T07:22:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-cases-for-log-analysis-using-elk-stack/41582/1 "2016-02-12T07:22:39Z")

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What are usually the use cases while using the ELK stack for log analysis?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-cases-for-log-analysis-using-elk-stack/41582/2 "2016-02-12T08:01:35Z")

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That's a pretty open ended question.

What sort of an answer are you after.

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**Author:** ![lucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@lucifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucifer)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-cases-for-log-analysis-using-elk-stack/41582/3 "2016-02-12T09:37:35Z")

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Like what is the benefit I get if I use ELK apart from the normal grep, apart from speed? Can I view context logs?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-cases-for-log-analysis-using-elk-stack/41582/4 "2017-07-05T23:16:57Z")

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