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What regions is Amazon CloudSearch available in?
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Amazon CloudSearch is available in the following AWS Regions: US East (Northern Virgina), US West (Oregon), US West (N. California), EU (Ireland), EU (Frankfurt), South America (Sao Paulo) and Asia Pacific (Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, and Seoul).
What new features does Amazon CloudSearch support?
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With this latest release Amazon CloudSearch supports several new search and administration features. The key new features include:
Language support:
34 languages, plus “multiple” to handle mixed language fields
Per-field language configuration
Language-specific text analysis
Multiple levels of algorithmic stemming are available for many languages, including “none”
Enhanced search features:
Suggestions
Highlighting
Geospatial search
New data types: date, double, 64 bit signed int, latlon
Sloppy phrase search
Term boosting
Enhanced range searching for all field types
Support for multiple query parsers: simple, structured, lucene, dismax
Query parser configuration options
Administration features:
High availability option
IAM integration
User configurable scaling
Available in additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and South America (Sao Paulo)
Does Amazon CloudSearch still support dictionary stemming?
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Yes. The new version of Amazon CloudSearch supports dictionary stemming in addition to algorithmic stemming.
Does the new version of Amazon CloudSearch use Apache Solr?
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Yes. The latest version of Amazon CloudSearch has been modified to use Apache Solr as the underlying text search engine. Amazon CloudSearch now provides several popular search engine features available with Apache Solr in addition to the managed search service experience that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a search domain.
Can I access the new version of Amazon CloudSearch through the console?
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Yes. You can access the new version of Amazon CloudSearch through the console. If you are a current Amazon CloudSearch customer with existing search domains, you have the option to select which version of Amazon CloudSearch you want to use when creating new search domains. New customers will use the new version of Amazon CloudSearch by default and will not have access to the 2011-01-01 version.
What data types does the new version of Amazon CloudSearch support?
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Amazon CloudSearch supports two types of text fields, text and literal. Text fields are processed according to the language configured for the field to determine individual words that can serve as matches for queries. Literal fields are not processed and must match exactly, including case. CloudSearch also supports four numeric types: int, double, date, and latlon. Int fields hold 64-bit, signed integer values. Double fields hold double-width floating point values. Date fields hold dates specified in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) according to IETF RFC3339: yyyy-mm-ddT00:00:00Z. Latlon fields contain a location stored as a latitude and longitude value pair.
Will my existing search domains created with the 2011-02-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch continue to work?
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Yes. Existing search domains created with the 2011-02-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch will continue to work.
Will I be able to use the new features on my existing search domains created with the 2011-01-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch?
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No. Existing search domains created with the 2011-01-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch will not have access to the features available in the new version. To access the new features you will have to create a new search domain using the 2013-01-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch.
How can I migrate my applications built using the 2011-01-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch to the new version of Amazon CloudSearch?
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To use the new version of Amazon CloudSearch you need to recreate existing domains using the new version of Amazon CloudSearch and re-upload your data. For more information, see Migrating to the 2013-01-01 API in the Amazon CloudSearch Developer Guide.
Will AWS continue to support the 2011-02-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch?
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Yes. AWS will continue support for the 2011-02-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch.
Can I create new search domains using the 2011-02-01 version of Amazon CloudSearch?
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Current Amazon CloudSearch customers who have existing 2011-02-01 domains will be able to choose whether their new domains use the 2011-02-01 API or the new 2013-01-01 API. Search domains created by new customers will automatically be created with the 2013-01-01 API.
