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OpenSearch & Elasticsearch Scroll and Deep Paging Methods Compared

January 30, 2025
OpenSearch & Elasticsearch Scroll and Deep Paging Methods Compared

In some cases a deep paginated search on an Elasticsearch or OpenSearch cluster is required. In this power tip we compare the various available options.

Elasticsearch ELSER vs External Vector Embeddings

January 29, 2025
Elasticsearch ELSER vs External Vector Embeddings

Vector Search with Elasticsearch can leverage the built-in ELSER image or vector embeddings generated by external models. What is the difference and which one is better?

Elasticsearch vs OpenSearch - 2025 update

January 26, 2025
Elasticsearch vs OpenSearch - 2025 update

In-depth comparison of project status, performance, vector search capabilities, and more between Elasticsearch and OpenSearch

OpenSearch 2024 Summary – Key Features and Advancements

December 30, 2024
OpenSearch 2024 Summary – Key Features and Advancements

As the OpenSearch project continues to evolve, it forges its own path by prioritizing features driven by the needs and feedback of its community and users. In this spirit of progress, we’ve highlighted the most significant improvements and advancements introduced in 2024.

Elasticsearch and OpenSearch Query Limits

November 7, 2024
Elasticsearch and OpenSearch Query Limits

What query limits exist for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, and what you should know about them?

OpenSearch Data Migration from Elasticsearch - The Guide

November 4, 2024
OpenSearch Data Migration from Elasticsearch - The Guide

How to migrate from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch? How to achieve full and smooth migraiton with minimal or zero downtime.

Pulse Now Available on AWS Marketplace

October 30, 2024
Pulse Now Available on AWS Marketplace

Explore how Pulse simplifies Elasticsearch and OpenSearch management with its launch on AWS Marketplace. Gain insights into how Pulse delivers automated optimizations, cost savings, and peak performance, making cluster management effortless for businesses of any scale.

Elasticsearch Performance and Cost Efficiency on Elastic Cloud and On-Prem

October 28, 2024
Elasticsearch Performance and Cost Efficiency on Elastic Cloud and On-Prem

Explore essential strategies to optimize Elasticsearch performance and cost efficiency. Learn best practices for cluster scaling, data tiering, and monitoring for both Elastic Cloud and on-premises deployments.

Amazon OpenSearch Monitoring - Choosing the Right Tool

October 15, 2024
Amazon OpenSearch Monitoring - Choosing the Right Tool

In this blog post, we'll review the available ways to monitor your Amazon OpenSearch Service cluster, aiming to offer a comprehensive guide to help you choose the perfect tool.

Innovating Search Experience with Amazon OpenSearch and Amazon Bedrock

October 8, 2024
Innovating Search Experience with Amazon OpenSearch and Amazon Bedrock

In today’s competitive digital marketplace, delivering a great search experience is key. This blog shares how we used Amazon OpenSearch and Amazon Bedrock to enhance a customer’s search functionality, including using a large language model (LLM) to improve synonym expansion.

Implementing Semantic Image Search with Amazon OpenSearch Service

September 28, 2024
Implementing Semantic Image Search with Amazon OpenSearch Service

This post explores how semantic search – powered by large multi-modal models and Amazon OpenSearch Service – can significantly enhance image retrieval accuracy and relevance.

Introducing Pulse: Elasticsearch and OpenSearch Operations Done Right

July 15, 2024
Introducing Pulse: Elasticsearch and OpenSearch Operations Done Right

Today marks a special day for our team at BigData Boutique as we proudly launch Pulse, our groundbreaking solution for proactive Elasticsearch and OpenSearch cluster management. Pulse embodies our commitment to doing Elasticsearch and OpenSearch operations right, and we can't wait to share it.

Using Data Streams for Time Series Data in Elasticsearch and OpenSearch

June 21, 2024
Using Data Streams for Time Series Data in Elasticsearch and OpenSearch

Elasticsearch Data Streams provide powerful ways to manage time series data and other types of append-only data.

Properly Use Elasticsearch Query Cache to Accelerate Search Performance

June 13, 2024
Properly Use Elasticsearch Query Cache to Accelerate Search Performance

In Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, caching plays a fundamental role in performance tuning.

Monitoring Elasticsearch Queries

June 5, 2024
Monitoring Elasticsearch Queries

Poor query performance in Elasticsearch and OpenSearch is likely the top complaint we see. Here is how to go about fixing it.

Using Elasticsearch or OpenSearch as Your Primary Datastore

May 27, 2024
Using Elasticsearch or OpenSearch as Your Primary Datastore

Should you use Elasticsearch and OpenSearch as a primary database? In this article we look into various use-cases where this is applicable, and present some gotchas you should consider, as well as scenarios in which it isn’t going to work well.

OpenSearch Cost Optimization: Unlock Hidden Savings

April 18, 2024
OpenSearch Cost Optimization: Unlock Hidden Savings

BigData Boutique joined forces with DoiT and Amazon Web Services (AWS) for a webinar on OpenSearch cost optimization, and it was a goldmine for anyone looking to tighten their OpenSearch belt.

Lessons Learned from Maintaining 10,000+ OpenSearch Clusters

February 26, 2024
Lessons Learned from Maintaining 10,000+ OpenSearch Clusters

BigData Boutique and Aiven joined forces for an OpenSearch fireside chat, packed with insights for optimizing OpenSearch clusters!

Fixing Elasticsearch Unassigned Shards

November 14, 2023
Fixing Elasticsearch Unassigned Shards

An Elasticsearch cluster with unassigned shards is not a healthy cluster. In this tip we explain why, and how to fix that situation.

Elasticsearch Alternatives - The Ultimate Guide

October 20, 2023
Elasticsearch Alternatives - The Ultimate Guide

A question we often get is what are good Elasticsearch alternatives. As you'd expect, it depends. In this post we'll go through some of the alternatives to Elasticsearch for various use-cases.

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