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February , 2020Blogs

AWS Managed Elasticsearch Vs Unmanaged

Like many operations running in the cloud, when operating Elasticsearch in AWS, you can choose to take the managed or unmanaged route. With an unmanaged approach, the customer takes full responsibility for everything, from infrastructure…

January , 2020Blogs

4 Open-Source Monitoring Tools for Elasticsearch: Advantages and Limitations

Observability is a critical aspect of operating any system, exposing its inner workings, and facilitating the detection and resolution of problems. Monitoring tools serve as the first and most basic layer in system

December , 2019Blogs

Elasticsearch Errors and Exceptions: Why These 8 Common Errors Happen and How to Solve Them

Developer forums are riddled with questions about Elasticsearch errors and exceptions. Although never a pleasant topic, errors and exceptions can serve as a powerful tool, illuminating deeper issues in your Elasticsearch infrastructure that need to…

November , 2019Blogs

5 Reasons Why Your Elasticsearch Is Not Production Ready

Elasticsearch, an open-source, full-text search engine, allows for massive volumes of data to be stored, searched, and analyzed rapidly in near real-time. As one of the most popular search engines, it is used by companies…

October , 2019Blogs

Elasticsearch Downtime Stories and What You Can Learn From Them

Elasticsearch is an incredibly popular search engine that can be used to store, search, and analyze a vast amount of information in near real time. Although its initial setup is very easy, Elasticsearch can become…

September , 2019Blogs

Elasticsearch Shards and Replicas getting started guide

Elasticsearch builds on Lucene to develop its search engine capabilities into a distributed system with impressive capabilities for scale and fault tolerance. These capabilities depend heavily on how data is sharded and replicated within an Elasticsearch cluster. As a result, it is crucial to understand how shards and replicas work, as these need to be sized correctly to keep the cluster operating optimally.