Operations

May 6, 2026

Multi-tier search with Elastic for ecommerce search governance: Fixing poor recall

Learn how to build a multi-tier retrieval strategy used to execute ecommerce governed search plans and improve recall management. We'll cover how to orchestrate semantic matching while maintaining stable results, facets, and pagination.

Multi-tier search with Elastic for ecommerce search governance: Fixing poor recall
Elasticsearch percolator for ecommerce search governance: translating ambiguous queries into controlled retrieval strategies

May 4, 2026

Elasticsearch percolator for ecommerce search governance: translating ambiguous queries into controlled retrieval strategies

Learn how to use the Elasticsearch percolator to implement search governance. In this blog, we outline the patterns needed to create a governed policy engine in production and create a controlled retrieval strategy.

Building a control plane to govern ecommerce search

May 1, 2026

Building a control plane to govern ecommerce search

How to build a governed control plane for ecommerce that composes conflicting search policies into a single execution plan (without code changes).

Accelerating merchandising improvements with a governed control plane

April 28, 2026

Accelerating merchandising improvements with a governed control plane

Search behavior changes shouldn't require an engineering ticket. Learn how a governed control plane lets business teams update search policies in hours, without deployments, without risk.

Reindexing data streams due to mapping conflicts

April 24, 2026

Reindexing data streams due to mapping conflicts

Learn how to fix Elasticsearch mapping conflicts by reindexing data streams. This blog explains the reindexing process and how to ensure new data is correctly mapped.

How big is too big? Elasticsearch sizing best practices

How big is too big? Elasticsearch sizing best practices

There’s no hard size limit in Elasticsearch, but there are clear signals you've outgrown your setup. Learn how to size shards, manage node limits, choose storage by tier, and use AutoOps to catch problems before they happen.

Why ecommerce search needs governance

April 9, 2026

Why ecommerce search needs governance

Learn why ecommerce search falls short without governance and how a control layer ensures predictable and intent-driven results, thus improving retrieval.

Migrating your OpenShift Elasticsearch 6.x cluster to Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)

April 8, 2026

Migrating your OpenShift Elasticsearch 6.x cluster to Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)

A step-by-step guide on how to migrate from the legacy OpenShift Elasticsearch Operator (ES 6.x) to the modern Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK).

Monitoring LLM inference and Agent Builder with OpenRouter

January 21, 2026

Monitoring LLM inference and Agent Builder with OpenRouter

Learn how to monitor LLM usage, costs, and performance across Agent Builder and inference pipelines using OpenRouter's OpenTelemetry broadcast and Elastic APM.

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