Elasticsearch Configuration and Test Results

[ozzimpact]

Hi there, I just got elasticsearch up and running with this configuration (http://ozzimpact.github.io/development/elasticsearch-configuration-tuning/). You can see test results and some explicit configuration. I would be delighted if you criticize my configuration.Thanks.

[jvvlimme]

Write Heavy is when you are mainly using your ES cluster to log data while your searches are minimal in comparison. Logging is a typical example of this (you save a lot of data but only sporadically do you do searches or aggregates on this).

You might find this an interesting page to read: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/...

[jvvlimme]

This looks like a good basic configuration.

You should add a note that this is for a read-heavy ES cluster.

If you have a write-heavy cluster (thinking ELK), you'll want a different config with more focus on bulk and index.

[ozzimpact]

Well, thanks for your comment. Actually I don't know the difference between read-heavy and write-heavy cluster, could you be more explicit? By the way I have ELK so according to you it should be write-heavy cluster, can you suggest me any configuration or show me where to look?