# What is the major difference between 2.x and 1.x? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 5, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-major-difference-between-2-x-and-1-x/38375 "2016-01-05T06:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dollyn\_Sun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dollyn_sun/32/6953_2.png) [@Dollyn\_Sun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dollyn_Sun)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-major-difference-between-2-x-and-1-x/38375/1 "2016-01-05T06:48:11Z")
Basically I'd like to chose the latest version, but the ES-Hadoop seems only supports 1.x now. So I want to know what is the major difference/enhancement in 2.x? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-major-difference-between-2-x-and-1-x/38375/2 "2016-01-05T07:27:19Z")
There's too many to list, I'd suggest you read the blog post to start - [https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-2-0-0-released](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-2-0-0-released) ---
**Author:** ![Dollyn\_Sun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dollyn_sun/32/6953_2.png) [@Dollyn\_Sun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dollyn_Sun)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-major-difference-between-2-x-and-1-x/38375/3 "2016-01-05T08:17:44Z")
Thanks, warkolm. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-major-difference-between-2-x-and-1-x/38375/4 "2017-07-05T23:27:05Z")
Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:27pm UTC