From initial cluster design to enterprise-scale deployments, we provide end-to-end Core Elasticsearch consulting services backed by over 12 years of real-world experience.
What We Offer
Cluster Architecture & Design
Design Elasticsearch clusters that are optimized for your specific use case, workload patterns, and growth projections. We consider:
- Cluster sizing and node configuration
- Shard allocation strategies and best practices
- Index design and data modeling
- Network topology and data center considerations
- Multi-cluster architectures for disaster recovery
- Cloud-native deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
High Availability & Reliability
Ensure your Elasticsearch infrastructure can withstand failures and maintain service availability:
- Master node configuration and quorum settings
- Replica strategies for data redundancy
- Cross-zone and cross-region replication
- Disaster recovery planning and implementation
- Backup and restore strategies
- Cluster health monitoring and alerting
Performance Optimization
Optimize your cluster for maximum performance and efficiency:
- JVM heap sizing and garbage collection tuning
- Thread pool configuration
- Index settings optimization (refresh interval, translog, etc.)
- Shard sizing and count optimization
- Query performance analysis and tuning
- Resource allocation and capacity planning
Cluster Operations & Maintenance
Keep your clusters running smoothly with operational best practices:
- Cluster upgrade and migration strategies
- Index lifecycle management (ILM)
- Rolling restarts and zero-downtime maintenance
- Security hardening and access control
- Monitoring, logging, and alerting setup
- Performance troubleshooting and optimization
Version Migration & Upgrades
Navigate Elasticsearch version upgrades safely and efficiently:
- Pre-upgrade assessment and planning
- Breaking changes analysis and mitigation
- Rolling upgrade procedures
- Full cluster restart upgrade strategies
- Post-upgrade validation and optimization
- Rollback planning and procedures
Elastic Cloud & Managed Services
Leverage Elastic Cloud for managed Elasticsearch deployments:
- Elastic Cloud account setup and configuration
- Deployment sizing and capacity planning
- Multi-region and cross-cloud deployments
- Cloud-native features and integrations
- Cost optimization and resource management
- Migration from self-managed to Elastic Cloud
- Hybrid cloud architectures (on-prem + cloud)
Docker & Kubernetes Deployments
Containerize and orchestrate Elasticsearch clusters with modern DevOps practices:
- Docker containerization and image optimization
- Kubernetes StatefulSets and operators
- Helm chart development and customization
- Persistent volume management and storage classes
- Service discovery and networking configuration
- Resource limits and pod scheduling
- Auto-scaling strategies (HPA, VPA, cluster autoscaling)
- Multi-zone and multi-cluster Kubernetes setups
- Monitoring and logging in containerized environments
Index Templates & Component Templates
Advanced index template management for efficient data organization:
- Index template design and versioning
- Component templates for reusable configurations
- Template composition and inheritance
- Dynamic template patterns and matching
- Mapping templates for consistent field definitions
- Settings templates for index configuration
- Alias management and index rollover strategies
- Template precedence and conflict resolution
Security & Access Control
Implement comprehensive security and access management:
- Elasticsearch Security (X-Pack) configuration
- User authentication (native, LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OIDC)
- Role-based access control (RBAC) design
- Index-level and document-level security
- Field-level security and data masking
- API key management and rotation
- SSL/TLS certificate management
- Network security and firewall configuration
- Audit logging and compliance requirements
- Multi-tenancy and data isolation strategies
Kibana Dashboards & Visualizations
Create powerful visualizations and dashboards for data insights:
- Kibana dashboard design and development
- Custom visualization creation (Lens, Vega, Timelion)
- Data table and pivot table configurations
- Time series visualizations and trend analysis
- Geographic visualizations and maps
- Dashboard sharing and embedding
- Saved objects management and versioning
- Dashboard performance optimization
- Custom Kibana plugins and extensions
Why Choose Our Core Elasticsearch Consulting?
- Over 12 Years of Experience: We've designed and optimized hundreds of Elasticsearch clusters across diverse industries and use cases.
- Production-Proven: Our recommendations are based on real-world experience with clusters handling millions of documents and thousands of queries per second.
- Comprehensive Approach: We consider architecture, performance, security, and operations holistically, not in isolation.
- Cost Optimization: We help you right-size your infrastructure to balance performance and cost.
- Knowledge Transfer: We ensure your team understands the design decisions and can maintain the cluster independently.