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- Apache Kafka
- Feature Releases
- News
General Availability of Apache Kafka® and Kafka Connect 3.0.0
Instaclustr is pleased to announce the general availability of Apache Kafka version 3.0.0 on the Instaclustr Managed Platform. The new version is available paired with version 3.0.0 of Kafka Connect.
Learn MoreInstaclustrNovember 09, 2021 -
- Feature Releases
- News
Instaclustr Announces the Release of Shotover
Shotover is a layer 7 database proxy built to allow developers, admins, DBAs, and operators to modify in-flight database requests. Currently, Shotover has been used to implement multi-region active-active capability and cluster-aware routing for Redis for non-cluster aware drivers.
Learn MoreBen BromheadNovember 08, 2021 -
- Feature Releases
- News
Updating Instaclustr’s Open Source Tooling for Apache Cassandra® 4.0
With Apache Cassandra 4.0 recently released, we have updated the open source tooling to support Cassandra 2.0 through 4.0. In some cases that merely required the tool to be tested with Cassandra 4.0, but in others, significant refactoring of the code has occurred to support all three versions. Below I walk through all the different tools that have been updated for Cassandra 4.0. If you want to find out more about what’s new in this release you can read this blog from our CTO Ben Bromhead which pulls together his series of articles on Cassandra 4.0.
Learn MoreStefan MiklosovicSeptember 23, 2021 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Feature Releases
- News
Instaclustr Announces the General Availability of Managed Apache Cassandra® 4.0
Instaclustr is pleased to announce the general availability of Cassandra 4.0 as part of our Managed Cassandra offering on the Instaclustr Managed Platform. Cassandra 4.0 delivers greater performance, unmatched stability, and new auditing capabilities, among other valuable features for the enterprise driven by the Apache Cassandra community. Cassandra 4.0 beta releases have been available in...
Learn MoreInstaclustrSeptember 21, 2021 -
- Apache Kafka
- Feature Releases
- News
- Technical
Updates to Instaclustr Support for Earlier Versions of Apache Kafka®
As the official release of Kafka 3.0 approaches, we want to advise the retirement of some older versions of Kafka. The Apache Kafka project follows a time-based release plan and aims to support the 3 most recent versions, meaning versions 2.8.x, 2.7.x, and 2.6.x are currently supported by the Apache Kafka project.
Learn MoreInstaclustrSeptember 15, 2021 -
- Feature Releases
- News
- PostgreSQL
- Technical
Instaclustr Releases Public Preview of Managed PostgreSQL®
Excited to announce the public preview release of PostgreSQL managed service as Instaclustr continues to expand the breadth of its offerings.
Learn MoreInstaclustrSeptember 14, 2021 -
- Apache Kafka
- Feature Releases
- Technical
General Availability of Apache Kafka® and Kafka Connect 2.7.1
Instaclustr is pleased to announce the release of Apache Kafka version 2.7.1 on the Instaclustr Managed Platform.
Learn MoreInstaclustrSeptember 13, 2021 -
- Feature Releases
Instaclustr Delivers Improved Performance and Lower Costs With GCP and Azure Locally Attached Storage
Instaclustr has released new managed node sizes with locally attached storage for Apache Cassandra and Apache Kafka clusters running on Azure or GCP on the Instaclustr Managed Platform. These are in addition to the locally attached storage options already available for AWS.
Learn MoreInstaclustrSeptember 10, 2021 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Feature Releases
- Technical
Changes to Incremental Repairs in Apache Cassandra® 4.0
Similar to Cassandra 4.0 diagnostic repairs, incremental repairs are intended primarily for nodes in a self-support Cassandra cluster. If you are an Instaclustr Managed Cassandra customer, repairs are included as a part of your deployment, which means you don’t need to worry about day-to-day repair tasks like this.
Learn MoreInstaclustrSeptember 02, 2021