#300: Amazon ElasticSearch Update

Do you have lots of data to search, analyze and visualize? The Amazon ElasticSearch service is used by customers large and small to do just that! Simon speaks with Jon Handler (Principal Solutions Architect, AWS) about some exciting new capabilities and also how to size, tune and optimize your clusters. Links: Amazon ElasticSearch: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticsearch-service/ T-Shirt size blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/get-started-with-amazon-elasticsearch-service-t-shirt-size-your-domain/ How many instances do I need? https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/get-started-with-amazon-elasticsearch-service-how-many-data-instances-do-i-need/ How many shards? https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/get-started-with-amazon-elasticsearch-service-how-many-shards-do-i-need/ Set alarms on CW metrics: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/get-started-with-amazon-elasticsearch-service-set-cloudwatch-alarms-on-key-metrics/ re:Invent Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95kQkS51VnU