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?

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

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