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Dry_accountant_09
Dry_accountant_09

Reputation: 1499

Do I need a database for ELK data log analytics?

I'm new to ELK stack. I want to design a log analytic dashboard. So Do I need a database like mongodb or cassandra to store the log files.

  1. If so which database to choose.?
  2. Does it affect the performance of querying ..? will it be fast ?
  3. Also to query back past month/year logs does the elasticsearch saves the logs.?

I will be feeding huge log files from different servers. so what is the best way. Any suggestions or references.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 572

Answers (1)

Lax
Lax

Reputation: 1167

You don't need to use any database, although the best practice is to use elasticsearch above any database. Elasticsearch save the logs until you delete them.

Upvotes: 1

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