> You can easily emulate object storage with e.g. s3 compatible APIs This seems right in theory, but when you actually look at the details it stops being true.

> You can easily emulate object storage with e.g. s3 compatible APIs This seems right in theory, but when you actually look at the details it stops being true. Specifically, Lucene today is best served through memory mapping the files and using crazy amounts of RAM. My guess, Elastic just no longer cares about latency sensitive users. Even going from ES 5 to ES 7 there was a performance reduction for queries using any multi-word synonyms. It’s likely this trend is set to continue with remote storage. I still think it’s the correct trade off for ES. Most of their clients use them for latency-insensitive analytics/log type stuff.