Google Axion instances now available on Elastic Cloud Hosted
Source: Elastic Blog
New CPU‑optimized Arm profile powered by Google Axion delivers up to 25 % better price‑performance for Elastic Cloud workloads.
At Elastic, we are always focused on improving performance and cost efficiency for our customers running observability, security, and search workloads on Elastic Cloud Hosted. We are excited to introduce a new CPU‑optimized (Arm) hardware profile powered by Axion — Google’s custom‑designed, Arm‑based processors.
This new Arm‑based hardware profile brings the next generation of Google Cloud compute to Elastic Cloud Hosted. It delivers up to 25 % better price‑performance compared to the previous CPU‑optimized generation, making it ideal for CPU‑bound, indexing‑heavy, and query‑intensive workloads.
Customers benefit from improved compute efficiency, faster data processing, and more cost‑effective scaling across search, observability, and security workloads — all without changing how they build or operate on Elastic Cloud Hosted.
The profile is available in select Google Cloud regions. For the most up‑to‑date list of supported regions, see the regional availability documentation.
How to create a deployment using Arm hardware profiles
Creating a new deployment with the CPU‑optimized (Arm) hardware profile is straightforward.
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In the Elastic Cloud console, start creating a new deployment by selecting a solution view (Elasticsearch, Elastic Observability, or Elastic Security) and then choose Google Cloud as your cloud provider.
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When choosing the hardware profile, select CPU‑optimized (Arm). More information on hardware profiles and configurations can be found in our documentation.
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Continue with your usual configuration steps and create the deployment. Elastic Cloud will automatically provision the deployment powered by Google Axion (Arm) instances.
How to migrate an existing deployment to Arm hardware profiles
Migrating an existing deployment to Arm hardware profiles is simple.
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From the Elastic Cloud console, open the deployment you want to modify.
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On the deployment overview page, next to your current hardware profile, click Edit.
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Select the CPU‑optimized (Arm) hardware profile.
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Preview the changes for the new hardware profile.
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Click Update, then confirm the changes to migrate to the new hardware profile.
For more details, see the documentation.
Try the new instances
If you are ready to try out the latest instances, log in to your Elastic account and create a deployment with the new profile. New users can also start a 7‑day free trial on Google Cloud Marketplace.
The release and timing of any features or functionality described in this post remain at Elastic’s sole discretion. Any features or functionality not currently available may not be delivered on time or at all.