Cluster
Design node roles, discovery, replication and failure behaviour.
We install and operate Elasticsearch on your infrastructure - including cluster design, indices, ingest, snapshots, upgrades, monitoring and an assessed edition.
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Elasticsearch is a trademark of Elasticsearch B.V., an Elastic company. WZ-IT is an independent service provider and has no business, partnership, or contractual relationship with Elastic. We install and operate Elasticsearch for internal use on customer infrastructure; the edition and any required vendor licences are clarified in advance.
Elasticsearch supports product search, log analytics and application search. Its stability depends on shards, mappings, heap, storage, replication and real query patterns - not data volume alone.
We install and operate Elasticsearch on your infrastructure, take over existing clusters and plan upgrades, snapshots and monitoring. Data models, search relevance and business retention are aligned with your team.
Elasticsearch is distributed under Elastic licensing models. WZ-IT therefore operates the platform for your internal use in your controlled infrastructure; required vendor features and licences are assessed separately.
Where a permissively licensed search platform or independent managed service is required, we assess OpenSearch as an alternative. Migration needs a dedicated mapping, client and compatibility assessment.
Cluster state, shard allocation, heap, storage, ingest and search latency must be observed together before limits are reached.
Design node roles, discovery, replication and failure behaviour.
Control mappings, shards, lifecycle and retention.
Connect producers, pipelines and clients with traceability.
Own monitoring, snapshots, updates and capacity planning.
WZ-IT owns the agreed technical operations; business meaning and search relevance remain with the customer.
| Area | Responsibility | Scope and boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| Cluster and operating system | WZ-IT | Installation, hardening, monitoring, maintenance and capacity control. |
| Snapshots and restore | WZ-IT | Repository, schedules, monitoring and agreed recovery tests. |
| Index and shard strategy | Shared | WZ-IT assesses technology and load; the customer defines use and retention. |
| Mappings and search relevance | Customer | Fields, analysers, ranking and acceptance criteria belong to the application. |
| Edition and licence | Shared | WZ-IT maps technical features; the customer obtains the required rights. |
| Migration and client changes | Optional WZ-IT service | Reindexing, major upgrades and client changes are planned as a project. |
Configure analysers, mappings and queries for production search capabilities.
Design shards, replicas and node roles around data, load and failure models.
Analyse time series, events and business data with controlled aggregations.
Connect pipelines, Beats, Logstash or application clients securely.
Protect TLS, roles, indices and administration according to the selected edition.
Operate index lifecycles, retention and recoverable snapshots predictably.
Assess existing data and configuration, migrate them in a test run and move to managed operations through a controlled cutover.
Secure SSO, roles, administrative paths and external access for the application and existing infrastructure.
Back up all stateful components consistently and document the recovery path for the agreed scope.
Monitor and update the application and its technical dependencies and operate them under the agreed service level.
A clearly defined operating scope instead of an opaque hosting flat fee.
We set up a test instance for you, usually on the next business day. No payment details required. After seven days it is deleted unless you continue.
We combine the right compute size with ongoing operations, backups, monitoring and a service level appropriate for the criticality of Elasticsearch. High availability and recovery targets are designed separately where needed.
We also design custom hosting architectures, integrations and migrations around Elasticsearch. Contact us for a technical assessment.
One managed standard Elasticsearch application is included in the Starter workload. Business and higher levels add a flexible operations allowance for planned work during regular service hours. Select compute, additional applications, storage and the appropriate service level.
A workload is one compute instance with the applications agreed for it.
One standard app per workload is already included. Additional dedicated servers count as separate workloads.
€79.90 per started TB and month, including daily encrypted offsite backup with 7-day retention.
Enquiry
Briefly describe the current state and objective for Elasticsearch. We assess infrastructure, integration, and ongoing operations.
Primary data, replicas, growth, aggregations, ingest peaks and recovery time determine cluster size.
| Usage scenario | Technical starting point | Key factors |
|---|---|---|
| Small internal search | Technical single-node or three-node entry | Failure and data-loss targets determine topology. |
| Production application search | At least 3 cluster nodes | Latency, replication and rolling maintenance are considered. |
| Log and event data | Data assessment | Daily ingest, retention and aggregations dominate storage and heap. |
| Large or mixed clusters | Cluster assessment | Node roles, tiers, snapshot targets and load tests are designed. |
There is no reliable flat Elasticsearch price without a data, load, version and licensing assessment. Infrastructure and vendor costs are itemised separately.
The platform runs in your cloud, data centre or jointly controlled environment. WZ-IT provides the agreed technical operations.
Operate Elasticsearch inside your networks and security zones.
Build clusters close to internal data sources and applications.
Predictable I/O and storage capacity for sustained workloads.
Defined data paths between sites, producers and search services.
Producers and users access the cluster through defined interfaces while administration and snapshot destinations remain separately protected.
Search queries, dashboards and approved analytics access.
Private endpoints, proxies and restricted administration paths.
Users, service accounts and permissions according to edition.
Indexing, search, aggregations, replication and lifecycle.
Pipelines, queues and producers decouple load spikes.
Fast primary storage and a separate snapshot repository.
Cluster health, shards, heap, latency, errors and capacity.
Elasticsearch snapshots are the designed backup mechanism for cluster data. File-system copies of live data directories do not replace a consistent snapshot design.
Answers about licensing, cluster size, migration, snapshots and operations.
We install and operate Elasticsearch for your internal use on your controlled infrastructure. Edition, licence and access model are assessed and documented first.
OpenSearch can fit when licensing, existing AWS integration or independent managed operations are priorities. Feature and client compatibility must be checked specifically.
Yes. We analyse version, health, shards, mappings, plugins, storage, snapshots and workload, then create a takeover and upgrade plan.
Through scheduled snapshots to a separate repository. Scope, retention, encryption and restore tests are defined from your recovery objectives.
We assist with technical analysis, mappings and performance. Business ranking, product logic and acceptance criteria need input and approval from your application or data team.
As an alternative to managed hosting in the data centre, WZ-IT provides the hardware, configures Elasticsearch, and handles hardening, monitoring, updates, backup and technical support. Access can be limited to the internal network or enabled through VPN and existing identities.
from EUR 349 excl. VAT / month · plus one-time provisioning and initial setup

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