In this post, we cover how the Performance Presets introduced in 8.12 enable new Elastic users to worry less about how the data gets into Elasticsearch and focus on the valuable insights available through our Observability and Security solutions.

The latest release, version 8.12, marks a significant shift in tuning for Elastic Agent and Beats. Elastic introduces Performance Presets, aiming to simplify the tuning process for users and enhance the default settings for improved performance.