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(Doc+) SIEM + frozen tier compatibility #5564

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13 changes: 7 additions & 6 deletions docs/detections/detection-engine-intro.asciidoc
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[[cold-tier-detections]]
== Compatibility with cold tier nodes
== Compatibility with cold and frozen tier nodes

Cold tier is a {ref}/data-tiers.html[data tier] that holds time series data that is accessed only occasionally. In {stack} version >=7.11.0, {elastic-sec} supports cold tier data for the following {es} indices:
Cold and frozen {ref}/data-tiers.html[data tiers] hold time series data that is only accessed occasionally. In {stack} version >=7.11.0, {elastic-sec} supports cold but not frozen tier data for the following {es} indices:

* Index patterns specified in `securitySolution:defaultIndex`
* Index patterns specified in the definitions of detection rules
* Index patterns specified in the definitions of detection rules, except for indicator match rules
* Index patterns specified in the data sources selector on various {security-app} pages

{elastic-sec} does *NOT* support cold tier data for the following {es} indices:
{elastic-sec} does *NOT* support either cold or frozen tier data for the following {es} indices:

* Index patterns controlled by {elastic-sec}, including alerts and list indices
* Index patterns specified in the definition of indicator match rules

Using cold tier data for unsupported indices may result in detection rule timeouts and overall performance degradation.
Using either cold or frozen tier data for unsupported indices may result in detection rule timeouts and overall performance degradation.

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In addition, the following support restrictions are in place:

* {elastic-sec} does not support the use of frozen tier data with indicator match rules.
* {elastic-sec} does not support the use of either cold or frozen {ref}/data-tiers.html[tier data] with indicator match rules.
* Indicator match rules with an additional look-back time value greater than 24 hours are not supported.

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