How to enable OpenSearch Serverless 1 OCU deployment option?

Question

I am currently evaluating OpenSearch serverless and was a bit surprised by the price, especially for a small development setup it is quite high.

I did find a blog post from June that mentions a development option that requires only one OCU: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/06/amazon-opensearch-serverless-entry-cost-half-collection-types/

However, how does one enable this option? I can configure the max capacity for indexing and searching to two OCU, but the usage remains at one OCU for indexing and one for searching, I see no way to limit these to 0.5

Didier Durand · Answer

Hi,

I's all explained here: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/06/amazon-opensearch-serverless-entry-cost-half-collection-types/

It's 1 OCU for indexing and 1 OCU for search

You have to work in serverless mode to access this low-cost option: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/serverless.html

Best,

Didier

Peter · Answer

It looks like I misunderstood the announcement. I was under the impression it is possible to run both at half a OCU under certain circumstances (such as disabling high availability somehow) . So it would run at a total cost of 1

Peter

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How to enable OpenSearch Serverless 1 OCU deployment option?

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