Elasticsearch 7 and Elastic Stack - In Depth and Hands On! - Adding Indices as a Scaling Strategy

The video tutorial explains how to create an index in a database, focusing on specifying the number of shards and replicas. It discusses the importance of planning for future scalability and introduces index templates for automating settings. The tutorial includes a hands-on demonstration using Kibana to create a new index with specific settings, emphasizing the flexibility of shard allocation and the need for foresight in capacity planning.

Why is it important to create new indices before inserting data?

What considerations should be made regarding shard count for future scalability?