Selecting the right configuration for you

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.

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