Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now supports Zstandard (zstd) codec for index compression
Opensearch Service ยท 2026-04-09
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Technical Details
| Regions | all |
|---|---|
| Cost Impact | Decrease |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Configure Zstandard compression in your OpenSearch Serverless index settings to balance storage savings with indexing throughput and query latency, optimizing performance and cost for your specific needs.
For Platform Teams
Integrate Zstandard codec support in your OpenSearch Serverless architecture to simplify storage efficiency, reduce operational toil, and lower costs for data-intensive workloads.
For Executives
Evaluate adopting Zstandard codec in Amazon OpenSearch Serverless to achieve up to 32% reduction in index size, lowering managed storage costs for large-scale log analytics, observability pipelines, and time-series workloads, and enhancing cost optimization efforts.
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