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= Data streams
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<titleabbrev>Data streams</titleabbrev>
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A {ref}/data-streams.html[data stream] lets you store  append-only time series
data across multiple indices while giving you a single named resource for
requests. Data streams are well-suited for logs, events, metrics, and other<commit_msg>[DOCS] Remove unneeded link<commit_after>[role="xpack"]
[[data-streams]]
= Data streams
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<titleabbrev>Data streams</titleabbrev>
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A data stream lets you store append-only time series
data across multiple indices while giving you a single named resource for
requests. Data streams are well-suited for logs, events, metrics, and other
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