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Elasticsearch
Distributed search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucene
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Scalability
very high
Performance
high
Learning Curve
moderate
Maturity
mature
Languages: Java
Architecture: distributed, document-store, search-engine
When to Use
- +Full-text search required
- +Log aggregation and analysis
- +Real-time analytics
- +Large-scale search
When Not to Use
- -Small datasets
- -Primary transactional database
- -Limited ops resources
- -Simple keyword search sufficient
Strengths
- Powerful search capabilities
- Real-time indexing
- Horizontal scaling
- Rich aggregations
- ELK stack integration
- RESTful API
Weaknesses
- Resource intensive
- Complex operations
- License changes (SSPL)
- Not ACID compliant
- Steep learning curve for tuning
Operations
Maintenance
high
Monitoring
high
Backup/Recovery
moderate
Hosting: self-hosted, cloud, managed
Quick Facts
- Category
- Search
- License
- freemium
- Pricing
- freemium (free tier)
- Community
- very large
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- stable
- Vendor Lock-in
- medium
- Data Portability
- moderate
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
mediumlargeenterprise
Use Cases
- Full-text search
- Log analytics
- Application monitoring
- Security analytics
- Business analytics
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