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Tuesday, 25. March 2025

Valkey 8.1’s Performance Gains Disrupt In-Memory Databases (from The New Stack)

NAPA, Calif — A year ago, Redis announced that it was dumping the open source BSD 3-clause license for its

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Thursday, 20. March 2025

8.1.0-rc2 (from Valkey Blog)

Valkey 8.1.0-rc2 Release

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Wednesday, 12. March 2025

 Introducing the ROI Calculator for open source services (from Instaclustr)

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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Thursday, 06. March 2025

Simplify Valkey Adoption with Percona Support and Services (from Percona Database Blog)

♦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 adds PostgreSQL Bi-Directional Logical Replication and Valkey Sentinel v8.0 in latest release (from Severalnines' Blog)

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 [...]

Wednesday, 05. March 2025

FerretDB 2.0: Open Source MongoDB With PostgreSQL Power (from The New Stack)

A new project from the founders of , FerretDB has set out to offer an open source alternative to the

The post FerretDB 2.0: Open Source MongoDB With PostgreSQL Power appeared first on The New Stack.

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Tuesday, 04. March 2025

Introducing the Valkey Glide Go Client: Now in Public Preview! (from Valkey Blog)

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 [...]

Friday, 28. February 2025

IBM acquires DataStax: What that means for customers–and why Instaclustr is a smart alternative (from Instaclustr)

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....

Tuesday, 25. February 2025

Valkey container image – securely designed, compliant, and long term supported (LTS) (from Ubuntu blog)

Canonical has published best-in-class OCI-compliant Valkey container images that feature enhanced security. These images are based on Ubuntu LTS packages, which are supported, maintained, and hardened by Canonical for up to 10 years and include a software bill of materials (SBOM) and digital signature. Compared to standard Valkey container images, Canonical’s Valkey container delivers significan [...]

Saturday, 22. February 2025

AWS Reduces Latency and Costs for Key/Value Datastores with AZ Affinity Routing and GLIDE Valkey (from InfoQ)

AWS recently introduced Availability Zone (AZ) awareness in version 1.2 of the open source Valkey General Language Independent Driver for Enterprise (GLIDE) client library. By implementing AZ affinity routing in the open source key/value datastore, developers can reduce latency and costs by directing requests to replicas within the same AZ as the client.

By Renato Losio [...]

Friday, 14. February 2025

Tax Season Survival Guide: Preparing Your Node.js App for High Pressure Periods (from Platformatic Blog)

Disclaimer: While we are using tax season and fintech applications as an example in this blog, the insights and strategies discussed apply to any Node.js application experiencing high traffic periods. Tax season is here, and with it comes one of the ... [...]

Valkey 8.1-rc1 Delivers Fresh Performance Improvements (from Phoronix)

Valkey as the open-source in-memory store forked from Redis is preparing for its next feature release... [...]

Thursday, 13. February 2025

Instaclustr for ClickHouse® on Azure now in Preview (from Instaclustr)

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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Sizing the Replication Backlog Buffer for Valkey (from Percona Database Blog)

♦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. […] [...]

Wednesday, 12. February 2025

NetApp Instaclustr’s commitment to data protection: Achieving PCI DSS 4.0 compliance (from Instaclustr)

NetApp Instaclustr, the leading provider of fully managed open source solutions at the data layer, has successfully achieved compliance with the latest Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), version 4.0.

The post NetApp Instaclustr’s commitment to data protection: Achieving PCI DSS 4.0 compliance appeared first on Instaclustr.

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Wednesday, 05. February 2025

Why JioCinema Skipped Redis for Recommendation Bloom Filters (from The New Stack)

When you log in to your favorite streaming service, first impressions matter. The featured content should instantly lure you into

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Tuesday, 04. February 2025

Percona Backs Valkey With Enterprise-Grade Support (from The New Stack)

, which provides enterprise support for open source database systems such as MongoDB and MySQL, has expanded its portfolio to

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Friday, 31. January 2025

Aiven for Valkey™ version 8.0 (from Aiven Product updates)

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 [...]

Friday, 24. January 2025

How Iterate.ai uses Amazon MemoryDB to accelerate and cost-optimize their workforce management conversational AI agent (from AWS Database Blog)

Iterate.ai is an enterprise AI platform company delivering innovative AI solutions to industries such as retail, finance, healthcare, and quick-service restaurants. Among its standout offerings is Frontline, a workforce management platform powered by AI, designed to support and empower Frontline workers. Available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play, Frontline uses advanced AI tools to stre [...]

Semgrep “rug pull” triggers fork storm: Time to get a grep? (from The Stack)

"If you told me a couple of months ago that I’d be teaming up with my AppSec competitors, I wouldn’t believe you." [...]

Thursday, 23. January 2025

Amazon ElastiCache now supports 1-click connectivity setup between EC2 and your cache (from AWS What's New)

Starting today, you can easily connect Amazon ElastiCache clusters to an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance directly from the AWS Management Console. You can also connect to your cache using AWS CloudShell to execute commands without additional setup.

With a single click, you can establish secure connectivity between your cache and an EC2 instance, following AWS recommen [...]


The Open Source License Rug Pull and More at State of Open Con 25 (from The New Stack)

Hang on a minute, can we make some more money off all this work we’ve done on this open source

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Friday, 17. January 2025

Monitor server-side latency for Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey (from AWS Database Blog)

Modern applications are built as a group of microservices, and the latency for one component can impact the performance of the entire system. Monitoring latency is critical for maintaining optimal performance, enhancing user experience, and maintaining system reliability. In this post, we explore ways to monitor latency, detect anomalies, and troubleshoot high-latency issues effectively for your se [...]

Monitor server-side latency for Amazon MemoryDB for Valkey (from AWS Database Blog)

Amazon MemoryDB is a Valkey– and Redis OSS-compatible, durable, in-memory database service that delivers ultra-fast performance. With MemoryDB, data is stored in memory with Multi-AZ durability, which enables you to achieve microsecond read and single-digit millisecond write latency and high throughput. MemoryDB is often used for building durable microservices and latency-sensitive database workloa [...]

Instaclustr product update: January 2025 (from Instaclustr)

Here’s a roundup of the latest features and updates we’ve recently released. If you have any particular feature requests or enhancement ideas that you would like to see, please get in touch with us.

The post Instaclustr product update: January 2025 appeared first on Instaclustr.

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Tuesday, 14. January 2025

Your data applications, contained and maintained (from Ubuntu blog)

Introducing trusted open source database containers  It’s time to stop proclaiming that “cloud native is the future”. Kubernetes has just celebrated its 10 year anniversary, and 76% of respondents to the latest CNCF Annual Survey reported that they have adopted cloud native technologies, like containers, for much or all of their production development and deployment. […]

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Wednesday, 08. January 2025

Reducing application latency and lowering Cloud bill by setting up your client library (from Valkey Blog)

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. [...]

Tuesday, 07. January 2025

7.2.8 (from Valkey Blog)

Valkey 7.2.8 Release

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8.0.2 (from Valkey Blog)

Valkey 8.0.2 Release

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Monday, 06. January 2025

Open Source in 2025: What Will Matter Most This Year? (from The New Stack)

2024 didn’t fail to disappoint in delivering another roller coaster of a year for open source software. Open source isn’t

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Tuesday, 31. December 2024

Open Source in 2025: Strap In, Disruption Straight Ahead (from The New Stack)

The open source software world can feel like a bubble at times, one in which people who love to solve

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Friday, 27. December 2024

What Happens to Relicensed Open Source Projects and Their Forks? (from The New Stack)

Many popular open source projects are owned and driven by a single company, and in today’s difficult economic climate, those

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Tuesday, 24. December 2024

Kubernetes, Rust, Linux and DOS? The Year in Open Source (from The New Stack)

The open source movement is vast, encompassing projects begun half a lifetime ago, and those launched (or relaunched) just months

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Monday, 23. December 2024

Enhancing performance of Amazon RDS for Oracle with NVMe SSD hosted Smart Flash Cache and Temporary Tablespaces (from AWS Database Blog)

In this post, we discuss temporary tablespace and Flash Cache features with local NVMe SSD-based instance storage, configuration options, typical use cases, and feature availability by engine and storage configuration. We dive deep into the tiered cache capability and how it can improve the query performance of latency-sensitive workloads. We also provide an overview of the temporary object capabil [...]

Friday, 20. December 2024

Puppet’s Open Source Community Plans to Fork the Program (from The New Stack)

The community around , a popular Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, is forking the program. Or, as community activists would

The post Puppet’s Open Source Community Plans to Fork the Program appeared first on The New Stack.

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Navigating the Path From Redis to Valkey (from The New Stack)

Whatever you think of Redis’ decision to change the software license for its in-memory data store, it certainly had a

The post Navigating the Path From Redis to Valkey appeared first on The New Stack.

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2024: The Year of Valkey (from Valkey Blog)

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 [...]

Thursday, 19. December 2024

Amazon DynamoDB re:Invent 2024 recap (from AWS Database Blog)

For the Amazon DynamoDB team, AWS re:Invent 2024 was an incredible experience to connect and reconnect with our customers. The key themes this year were “better together” integrations, data modeling, and building globally resilient, scalable applications on DynamoDB. In case you missed some of these sessions, or you wanted to get caught up on why customers like Klarna, Krafton, Vanguard, Fidelity, [...]

Monday, 16. December 2024

CentOS Stream 10 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, GNOME 47, and DNF 4.20 (from Linux Today)

Powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, CentOS Stream 10 introduces Valkey (v7.2) as a replacement for Redis, drops XOrg Server support as Wayland is now used as the default display stack with Xwayland as a compatibility layer for running legacy X11 apps, and GNOME 47 “Denver” as the default desktop environment.

The post CentOS Stream 10 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, GNOME 47, and DNF 4. [...]


Get Valkey security patching and support with Ubuntu Pro (from Ubuntu blog)

Canonical is pleased to announce security patching and support for Valkey through the Ubuntu Pro subscription. Ubuntu Pro is a subscription service for open-source software security, compliance and support that expands the maintenance period for all packages distributed in Ubuntu repositories. This extension applies to all the open source software on Ubuntu, including Valkey.

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Tuesday, 10. December 2024

How to Get Useful Information Out of Valkey/Redis Keys (from Percona Database Blog)

♦In this blog post we will talk about how to get useful information out of the Valkey OR Redis keys. This would be helpful in many scenarios, like troubleshooting a specific key thing and verifying the resources, especially the “Memory” the data set is holding. Let’s see a few bunch of operations we can perform […] [...]

Friday, 06. December 2024

From caching to real-time analytics: Essential use cases for Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey (from AWS Database Blog)

Valkey is an open-source, distributed, in-memory key-value data store that offers high-performance data retrieval and storage capabilities, making it an ideal choice for scalable, low-latency modern application development. Originating as a fork of Redis OSS following recent licensing changes, Valkey maintains full compatibility with its predecessor while providing high performance alternative for [...]

Thursday, 05. December 2024

MapLibre: How a Fork Became a Thriving Open Source Project (from The New Stack)

Every time a company pulls a previously open source project back behind a more restrictive licensing, a fork (and a

The post MapLibre: How a Fork Became a Thriving Open Source Project appeared first on The New Stack.

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Clustercontrol adds Percona Server Pro, and support for MySQL v8.4, Elasticsearch v8.15, Valkey v8.0 in latest release (from Severalnines' Blog)

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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Wednesday, 04. December 2024

Introducing Efficient Valkey-Based Caching for Next.js (from Platformatic Blog)

Next.js is a popular React framework that enables you to build both static and server-side rendered applications. It’s an excellent choice for creating websites that need to be fast and SEO-friendly. However, like all frontend frameworks, it faces si... [...]

Monday, 02. December 2024

Why Now Is the Time to Migrate From Redis to Valkey (from The New Stack)

Redis’s decision earlier this year to shift the world’s most popular NoSQL database away from the open source licensing that

The post Why Now Is the Time to Migrate From Redis to Valkey appeared first on The New Stack.

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Sunday, 01. December 2024

Announcing the general availability of Amazon MemoryDB Multi-Region (from AWS What's New)

Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon MemoryDB Multi-Region, a fully managed, active-active, multi-Region database that lets you build multi-Region applications with up to 99.999% availability and microsecond read and single-digit millisecond write latencies. MemoryDB is a fully managed, Valkey- and Redis OSS-compatible database service providing multi-AZ durability, microsecon [...]