Elastic Evidence

Search VCUs do not scale to zero; idle baseline billed at a reduced rate

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Excerpt: Unlike ingest, Search VCU billing does not scale to zero during idle periods.
Locator: Elasticsearch Serverless billing dimensions, Search
Applies to: Elasticsearch Serverless projects
Supports rules: Search VCUs do not scale to zero; idle baseline billed at a reduced rate
Related metrics: Virtual Compute Unit (VCU)
Sources: Elasticsearch Serverless billing dimensions (Elastic Docs)