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Doesn't elastic search require a decent size server just to run with no data? Curious about the costs of running elastic search for a small number of documents
by pheeney 8y ago
Doesn't elastic search require a decent size server just to run with no data? Curious about the costs of running elastic search for a small number of documents compared to the low cost of running django. For example the frontend could be static and hosted on S3 for pennies while elastic search seems to recommend at least 8 GB of ram which would be $40/mo on some lost cost VPS providers. Pretty big price difference for a smaller site with a small record set that wants a fast search experience.
- ServerHunter 8y agoI have Elasticsearch running on our development area with just 256 MB of RAM assigned. In production it's quite a bit more, but fortunately, we used Server Hunter to find some great deals for our own infrastructure as well ;)
- pheeney 8y agoSo meta haha. How much have you needed in production? According to https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/hardware.html#_memory https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/... they say its counterproductive to use less then 8 GB but maybe you have seen different results?
- ServerHunter 8y agoI'm not sure how much we've needed, but so far we've had no issues with 4 and 8 GB. Upgrading that soon though, just in case. :)