# ES as primary database

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-as-primary-database/128064>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 15, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-as-primary-database/128064 "2018-04-15T07:01:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhijit\_Das](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Abhijit\_Das](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhijit_Das)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-as-primary-database/128064/1 "2018-04-15T07:01:20Z")

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Hello guys ,  
I have a application running currently with sql server as primary data store .app is primarily used as deal searching purpose .  
So I am planning when saving data ,I will save in sql server and using river I will sync to ES ,  
then when user search ,I will serve from ES cluster .fairly speaking I am new to ES .  
PLEASE GUIDE ME .

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-as-primary-database/128064/2 "2018-04-15T07:53:02Z")

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Rivers don't exist anymore.

Have a look at [http://david.pilato.fr/blog/2015/05/09/advanced-search-for-your-legacy-application/](http://david.pilato.fr/blog/2015/05/09/advanced-search-for-your-legacy-application/) where I shared my thoughts.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-as-primary-database/128064/3 "2018-05-13T07:53:40Z")

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