Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 2.17

The article summarizes the new features and improvements introduced in OpenSearch version 2.17, now available on Amazon OpenSearch Service.

Specifically, the article covers:

• Disk-optimized vector search for efficient and accurate vector search at scale
• Support for byte vectors in the FAISS engine for cost and latency reduction
• Encoding numeric terms as roaring bitmaps for lower retrieval latency and reduced memory usage
• ML inference search processors to run model predictions during search queries
• Asynchronous batch ingestion for high-volume ML tasks like generating embeddings
• Threat intelligence capabilities in the Security Analytics solution using STIX-compliant feeds
• Information on upgrading to OpenSearch 2.17