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AOSSUS03-BP02 Reduce unnecessary or redundant data from your domain - Amazon OpenSearch Service Lens

AOSSUS03-BP02 Reduce unnecessary or redundant data from your domain

Reduce storage costs, improve resource utilization, and enhance resource management by removing unnecessary or redundant data from your domain.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Medium

Desired outcome: You have removed unnecessary or redundant data from your domain to support sustainability goals.

Benefits of establishing this best practice:

  • Reduced storage costs and increased cost efficiency

  • Improved resource utilization and reduced waste

  • Enhanced ability to manage and optimize resources

Implementation guidance

You can reduce unneeded and redundant data through various methods, like using indexing strategies, implementing ISM, and archiving data.

  • Run _cat/indices?v to list your indices

  • Use DELETE /<index-name> to remove unnecessary or redundant indices

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