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by bkeroack 4303 days ago
The problem with Elasticsearch is not the JVM.

A sample of the problems I have:

a) Broken, hand-rolled consensus/consistency model [1]

b) Designing cluster layout is a bit of a "black art" due to missing/incomplete documentation and complexity of cluster options.

c) Promiscuous network activity with default settings: spin up a new node and it will cluster with any existing ES nodes automatically.

That's just the beginning. ES is a bit of an operations nightmare to deal with--it's an example of enormous complexity just for a fairly simple service (text search).

1. http://aphyr.com/posts/317-call-me-maybe-elasticsearch