Although the documentation found at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/hardware.html is outdated, the hardware requirements can be used as a starting point for CPU sizing. For more useful documentation, visit the following links:
- Setup guide for indexing speed: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/tune-for-indexing-speed.html
- Changing heap configuration for Elasticsearch: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/heap-size.html
- Average system memory latency: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/memory-performance-speed-latency
- Elasticsearch system paths: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/path-settings.html
- Logstash persistent queues: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/persistent-queues.html
- Logstash directory paths: https://www.elastic.co/guide...