Elasticsearch 7.14 introduces a new field type called match_only_text, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for the text field type in logging datasets and leads to a 10% reduction of storage requirements.

Elasticsearch 7.10 and Lucene 8.7 have significantly improved compression of indices with enhanced detection of duplicate data across documents. With up to 10% improved efficiency, you can upgrade today and start saving on storage costs.

Elastic Stack 6.8.13 has been released. Read about the updates and bug fixes that have been included.

Elastic Stack 7.9.3 has been released. Read about the updates and bug fixes that have been included.

Elastic Stack 6.8.9 has been released. Read about the updates and bug fixes that have been included.

Elasticsearch 7.7 will use much less heap memory than previous versions, which improves Elasticsearch cluster stability and reduces the cost of storing large amounts of data.

Let's take a quick walk down memory lane and looks at some of the highlights from the land of Lucene in the past year.