Elasticsearch 1.x to 8.x Migration for a Leading Logistics Company
Client
The client is a major logistics and transportation company handling over 1 million shipments annually. They offer technology-driven supply chain solutions and sought to modernize their observability infrastructure.
Project Context
The client ran outdated Elasticsearch 1.x and faced scalability, cost, and performance issues. They wanted a cloud-native, modern Elastic 8.x deployment with minimal downtime.
Project Objectives
- Upgrade from Elasticsearch 1.x to 8.x
- Migrate to Elastic Cloud
- Reduce operational costs and simplify upgrades
Challenges
- Large data volume (7TB+)
- High risk due to old cluster version
- Require uptime during business-critical ops
Solution
- Deployed Elastic Cloud and orchestrated a phased parallel migration
- Used frozen tier storage to reduce cost by 60%
- Provided end-to-end team training for cloud adoption
