For one thing, it isn't really a database. You can use it as one, but where elasticsearch shines is mostly write once and read often. Correctness isn't the pri

For one thing, it isn't really a database. You can use it as one, but where elasticsearch shines is mostly write once and read often. Correctness isn't the primary focus, so unless you are willing to lose some stuff, don't use elasticsearch as your primary database. https://www.elastic.co/blog/found-elasticsearch-as-nosql https://www.elastic.co/blog/found-elasticsearch-as-nosql