Amazon OpenSearch Serverless slashes entry cost in half for all collection types
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This article announces a new lower entry point for Amazon OpenSearch Serverless, making it more affordable to run small-scale search and analytics workloads.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Introduction of fractional 0.5 OpenSearch Compute Units (OCUs) for OpenSearch Serverless
- Highly-available production deployments now require a minimum of 2 OCUs instead of 4
- For dev/test workloads that don't require high availability, OpenSearch Serverless offers a 1 OCU deployment option
- The new fractional OCU support is available in all 11 regions globally where OpenSearch Serverless is offered
- Conclusion highlighting the lower entry cost benefit for small-scale workloads
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