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Splunk to Elasticsearch: A Migration Cost Breakdown
Real numbers from a 2.4TB migration. What it cost, what we saved, and where the hidden expenses are.
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#observability
Observability Costs Growing Faster Than Revenue?
Five signals that your monitoring stack is bleeding budget. And three consolidation strategies that work.
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#security
SOC2 Audit in 12 Weeks: A SIEM Implementation Timeline
Week-by-week breakdown of what it takes to stand up a compliant SIEM on Elasticsearch before your audit deadline.
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#ai-observability
LLM Costs Are Exploding. Here Is Where the Money Goes.
Token costs, inference latency, embedding storage -- a cost anatomy of production LLM workloads.
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#observability
Elasticsearch Architecture Patterns for Observability at Scale
Hot-warm-cold tiering, cross-cluster replication, and index lifecycle management for multi-TB deployments.
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#migrations
Zero-Downtime Migration: Dual-Write Strategy Explained
How to run parallel pipelines during migration without data loss. Architecture diagrams and validation scripts included.
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#security
Building an Audit-Ready SIEM with Elasticsearch
Detection rules, log retention policies, and evidence collection patterns that auditors actually accept.
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#search
Semantic Search Without a Full Rebuild
Adding vector search to your existing Elasticsearch cluster. Hybrid scoring, ELSER integration, and relevance tuning.
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#ai-observability
Monitoring RAG Quality in Production
Retrieval precision, answer faithfulness, and hallucination detection -- metrics that matter for production RAG systems.
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Elasticsearch Index Lifecycle Management: A Hands-On Guide
ILM policies, rollover thresholds, and cold tier configuration. Code examples and API calls included.
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#migrations
Splunk SPL to Elasticsearch Queries: A Translation Guide
Side-by-side query translations for the 20 most common Splunk SPL patterns. Copy-paste ready.
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#search
Search Conversion Optimization: Measuring What Matters
Click-through rate, zero-result rate, and revenue-per-search. The metrics that connect search quality to business outcomes.
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Elasticsearch TCO Calculator
Compare your current observability costs against Elasticsearch. Input your data volume, retention period, and user count. Get a side-by-side cost breakdown in under 60 seconds. Supports Splunk, Datadog, and New Relic comparisons.
Elasticsearch Maturity Assessment
15 questions. Five dimensions: Architecture, Observability, Security, Cost, Performance. Get your maturity score and a prioritized list of recommendations. Takes about 5 minutes.
Migration Readiness Checklist
60-item interactive checklist across 6 migration phases: Assessment, Planning, Architecture, Migration, Validation, Cutover. Track your progress. Export to PDF when complete.
Elasticsearch TCO Calculator
Elasticsearch Maturity Assessment
Answer 15 questions across 5 dimensions. Your results include a maturity score (0-100), dimension-level breakdown, and specific recommendations for improvement.
Guides & Playbooks
Proven methodologies from 60+ Elasticsearch implementations. Migration playbooks. SIEM timelines. Cost optimization strategies. Download the PDF. Share it with your team.
12-Week SIEM Implementation Methodology
Used in 15+ SOC2 AuditsSOC2-compliant SIEM on Elasticsearch in 12 weeks. Week-by-week task breakdown, architecture templates, compliance checklists, and a real case study from a Broadcom audit engagement. 40 pages. PDF format.
- 12-week implementation timeline
- Architecture blueprints
- Compliance proof templates (SOC2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)
- Broadcom audit case study
Zero-Downtime Migration Playbook
15B Documents Migrated. Zero Data Loss.Migrate from Splunk, Datadog, or New Relic to Elasticsearch without downtime. Dual-write strategy, validation scripts, cutover runbook. Includes a real case study: 2.4TB migrated, 15 billion documents, zero data loss. 35 pages. PDF format.
- 90-day migration timeline
- Dual-write architecture diagrams
- Pre-migration validation scripts
- Cutover runbook and rollback plan
- 2.4TB migration case study
Elasticsearch Cost Optimization Guide
Avg. 45% Cost Reduction Across 40+ ImplementationsReduce Elasticsearch costs 40-60%. Index lifecycle management, cold and frozen tier strategies, log sampling techniques, query optimization. Includes a case study: 5 monitoring tools consolidated to Elasticsearch, $800K in annual savings. 28 pages. PDF format.
- Cost analysis framework
- Tier optimization strategies (hot/warm/cold/frozen)
- Log reduction techniques
- Query performance optimization
- 5-tool consolidation case study
Webinars & Events
Live learning sessions with Elasticsearch practitioners. Expert Q&A. Recordings available. Register free.
Observability Cost Optimization: From 5 Tools to 1
Mar 11, 2026 | 10:00 AM PST
SquareShift Observability Practice Lead
How to audit your monitoring stack, identify redundancy, and consolidate to Elasticsearch. Real cost breakdowns from a Fortune 500 engagement.
SIEM on Elasticsearch: From Zero to Audit-Ready
Mar 25, 2026 | 11:00 AM PST
SquareShift Security Practice Lead
Walk through the 12-week SIEM implementation methodology. Live architecture review. Compliance checklist walkthrough. Bring your questions.
LLM Observability: What to Monitor in Production AI
Apr 8, 2026 | 10:00 AM PST
SquareShift AI Practice Lead
Cost, performance, compliance, quality, behavior -- the five perspectives of LLM observability. Live demo of topology-aware monitoring.
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