Mastering OpenSearch Snapshots: From Basics To Advanced Strategies

Mastering OpenSearch Snapshots: From Basics To Advanced Strategies - Ashish Singh & Chaitanya KSR, Amazon Web Services Discover how to leverage OpenSearch snapshot capabilities to build robust backup, recovery, and migration systems. This practical session covers the complete snapshot journey with real-world examples from diverse production deployments. Key topics include: • Repository options (S3, Azure, GCS) with performance benchmarks • Hashed prefix snapshots for improved parallel operations and scalability • Shallow v2 snapshots for efficient incremental backup strategies • Automated policy-based lifecycle management • Cross-cluster operations for disaster recovery scenarios • Searchable snapshots for cost-effective historical data access • Performance optimization techniques with minimal production impact • Real-world implementation patterns from e-commerce, logging, and security analytics use cases Whether managing mission-critical search infrastructure or planning to scale, you’ll gain actionable knowledge to implement snapshot solutions that protect data, enable seamless migrations, and satisfy compliance requirements—all demonstrated through practical examples from large-scale OpenSearch deployments.