Selecting the right configuration for you
Elastic Cloud Hosted
While far from being a comprehensive guide for performance tuning, the following advice is provided for selecting the hot tier instance configuration:
| Deployment template | Hot data tier instance configuration | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Storage Optimized | gcp.es.datahot.n2.68x10x45 | Consider this default configuration for ingest use cases that require ~7-10 days of retention, or for light search use cases that don’t have significant index changes or CPU utilization. |
| Storage Optimized (Dense) | gcp.es.datahot.n2.68x10x95 | Consider this dense storage option for ingest use cases that have a longer retention period of the hot tier, or for light search use cases that have a significant catalog size. |
| CPU Optimized | gcp.es.datahot.n2.68x32x45 | Consider this configuration for ingest use cases that require ~1-4 days of retention, or for heavyweight search use cases that require significant and consistent indexing or high query load. |
| Vector Search Optimized | gcp.es.datahot.n2d.64x8x11 | Optimized for applications that leverage Vector Search and/or Generative AI. Also the optimal choice for utilizing ELSER for semantic search applications. Broadly suitable for all semantic search, text embedding, image search, and other Vector Search use cases. |
| General Purpose | gcp.es.datahot.n2.68x16x45 | Consider this configuration for ingest use cases that require ~5-7 days of retention, or for moderate load search use cases that require occasional indexing or medium to high query load. |