Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine designed to store, search, and analyze large volumes of data quickly and in near real time. It offers powerful full-text search capabilities, complex aggregations, and provides a scalable foundation for various data-driven…

Key facts

First appeared
2010
Category
database
Problem solved
Elasticsearch was created to solve the problem of providing scalable, near real-time full-text search and analytical capabilities on large volumes of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, which traditional relational databases struggled to deliver efficiently.
Platforms
Linux, Kubernetes, Cloud Environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), macOS, Windows, Docker

Related technologies

Notable users

  • Netflix
  • Adobe
  • Wikipedia
  • NASA
  • Uber
  • LinkedIn
  • Goldman Sachs