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June 24, 2026

Elasticsearch DiskBBQ delivers 7x faster vector search than Qdrant on network-attached storage

Elasticsearch DiskBBQ achieves up to 7x higher vector search throughput than Qdrant at comparable recall on network-attached storage. Explore the benchmark methodology and full results.

Elasticsearch DiskBBQ delivers 7x faster vector search than Qdrant on network-attached storage
jina-clip-v2 brings text-to-image search across 89 languages to Elasticsearch, no GPU needed

June 23, 2026

jina-clip-v2 brings text-to-image search across 89 languages to Elasticsearch, no GPU needed

Run multimodal search across 89 languages inside Elasticsearch with jina-clip-v2: one embedding space for text and images, with no separate model infrastructure to manage.

Your data analyst doesn't need SQL: wiring Elastic Agent Builder to AWS AgentCore for natural-language Elasticsearch queries

June 22, 2026

Your data analyst doesn't need SQL: wiring Elastic Agent Builder to AWS AgentCore for natural-language Elasticsearch queries

Wire plain-English questions to your Elasticsearch data using Elastic Agent Builder MCP, AWS Bedrock AgentCore and the Strands SDK. Python code included.

Why your Elasticsearch cluster is hitting disk watermarks: 14 real-world causes explained

June 19, 2026

Why your Elasticsearch cluster is hitting disk watermarks: 14 real-world causes explained

Learn how Elasticsearch disk watermarks work, why they trigger, and how to diagnose 14 of the most common scenarios Support encounters, from index bloat to ILM stalls.

Jingra: A Reproducible Framework for Vector Search Benchmarking

June 18, 2026

Jingra: A Reproducible Framework for Vector Search Benchmarking

Jingra is an open source benchmarking framework that runs the same vector search workload across Elasticsearch, OpenSearch and Qdrant so you can compare engines under identical, reproducible conditions.

Extract chart data standard OCR misses: Elastic Agent Builder and LlamaParse in one pipeline

Extract chart data standard OCR misses: Elastic Agent Builder and LlamaParse in one pipeline

Build an end-to-end pipeline that extracts structured data (including values from charts) out of complex PDFs and into Elasticsearch, ready for agent queries with ES|QL.

How we built a persistent agent memory layer on Elasticsearch with 0.89 recall and zero tenant leaks

How we built a persistent agent memory layer on Elasticsearch with 0.89 recall and zero tenant leaks

Discover the architecture behind a persistent, multi-tenant agent memory layer on Elasticsearch: three indices, hybrid retrieval with RRF and a reranker, supersession, decay, and per-user DLS isolation. R@10 0.89 across 168 questions. Full open-source implementation included.

Your search index is already an agent memory system: Persistent agent memory for Claude Code with Elasticsearch

June 15, 2026

Your search index is already an agent memory system: Persistent agent memory for Claude Code with Elasticsearch

Give your AI agent persistent cross-session memory using Elasticsearch: Hybrid recall, a knowledge graph, and cross-device handoffs. Three commands to install.

Your FAQ bot doesn't need a PhD: LLM query routing with Elastic Workflows

June 15, 2026

Your FAQ bot doesn't need a PhD: LLM query routing with Elastic Workflows

Route LLM queries by complexity using Elasticsearch search metadata: Mistral Small for FAQ questions, Claude Sonnet for multi-source synthesis.

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