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Valkey 8.1 Release Provides Enhanced Performance and Observability Improvements.

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The Valkey community is excited to unveil the new release of Valkey 8.1, a minor version update designed to further enhance performance, reliability, observability and usability over Valkey 8.0 for all Valkey installations.

In this blog, we'll dive a bit deeper into some of the new features in Valkey 8.1 and how they can benefit your applications.

Performance

Valkey 8.1 introduces [...]

It's been just over one year since the Linux Foundation and partners announced Valkey as a fork of Redis. Following the release of Redis 8.0 in September for this in-memory key-value database, Valkey 8.1 is out today... [...]

Valkey 8.1.0-ga Release

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Many workloads are bound on storing data. Being able to store more data using less memory allows you to reduce the size of your clusters.

In Valkey, keys and values are stored in what's called a hash table. A hash table works by chopping a key into a number of seemingly random bits. These bits are shaped into a memory address, pointing to where the value is supposed to be stored. It's a v [...]

Crunch the numbers and count your savings Managing open source technologies can be a heavy and expensive lift, draining your time, resources, expertise, and ultimately, your budget. No two enterprises are ever alike, and how they manage their data is likely an even larger gap. With so many different factors at play, accurately determining the...

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♦With Redis moving away from its open source roots, the key-value store ecosystem is shifting. For over 70% of users, Redis’s recent licensing changes have created an urgent need for a cost-effective, fully open source alternative that avoids vendor lock-in. That’s where Valkey comes in. As a Redis fork that stays true to open source […] [...]

Clustercontrol v2.3.1 is here, packed with powerful new enhancements to simplify database management and ensure high availability across databases. This release introduces PostgreSQL Bi-Directional Logical Replication and expands support for Valkey Sentinel v8.0, an open-source alternative to Redis Sentinel. Let’s dive into the details. PostgreSQL Bi-Directional Logical Replication: keeping PG c [...]

Valkey-Glide is pleased to announce the public preview release of the GLIDE(General Language Independent Driver for the Enterprise) Go client. This release brings the power and reliability of Valkey to Go developers with an API designed for performance and developer productivity.

Valkey GLIDE is a multi-language client for Valkey, designed for operational excellence and incorporating best [...]

IBM’s recent acquisition of DataStax has certainly made waves in the tech industry. With IBM’s expanding influence in data solutions and DataStax’s reputation for advancing Apache Cassandra® technology, this acquisition could signal a shift in the database management landscape. For businesses currently using DataStax, this news might have sparked questions about what the future holds....

Instaclustr for ClickHouse® is now available in preview for Azure on the NetApp® Instaclustr Managed Platform. ClickHouse is an open source, column-oriented database management system renowned for its lightning-fast query processing and high compression ratios. It is commonly used for real time analytics, log, and event analysis, and machine learning capabilities to support AI use...

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♦Data consistency and availability across distributed systems is crucial, particularly in environments that rely heavily on replication. In Valkey, one critical aspect of this replication process is the replication backlog size. This configuration parameter is vital in managing how much data can be temporarily stored to accommodate replicas that may fall behind the master node. […] [...]

Aiven for Valkey version 8.0 is now available on the Aiven Platform. It introduces multiple improvements on top of version 7.2. If you upgrade from Aiven for Caching to Aiven for Valkey, your service will run on version 8.0 after the upgrade.

Highlights

• Performance improvements
  • Asynchronous I/O Threading: Enables parallel processing of commands and I/O operations, maximiz [...]

How can adjusting your client library help you reduce Cloud costs and improve latency?

In this post, we dive into Availability Zone (AZ) affinity routing mechanics, showing how it optimizes your application's performance and cost using Valkey GLIDE (General Language Independent Driver for the Enterprise). We also guide you through how to configure GLIDE to benefit from other key features. [...]

Valkey 7.2.8 Release

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Valkey 8.0.2 Release

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The end of the calendar year is a great time to reflect, but for Valkey this particular year-end holds special meaning. Think about it: this time in 2023, no one had ever heard the name “Valkey” because, well, it didn’t exist. This seems nearly unbelievable given how much has changed in only a few short months.

Now, at the end of 2024, Valkey has had both a minor and major release as well [...]

Clustercontrol (CC) v2.3.0 is now live, featuring new enterprise binaries support for Percona Server Pro clusters and support for MySQL v8.4, Elasticsearch v8.15, and Valkey v8.0. Let’s dive into these key updates and discover what’s new! New enterprise binaries with compatibility for Percona Server Pro We have upgraded our enterprise binaries with Percona Server Pro […]

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