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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

The post Why JioCinema Skipped Redis for Recommendation Bloom Filters appeared first on The New Stack.

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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

The post Percona Backs Valkey With Enterprise-Grade Support appeared first on The New Stack.

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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

The post The Open Source License Rug Pull and More at State of Open Con 25 appeared first on The New Stack.

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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

The post Open Source in 2025: Strap In, Disruption Straight Ahead appeared first on The New Stack.

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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

The post What Happens to Relicensed Open Source Projects and Their Forks? appeared first on The New Stack.

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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 […]

The post Cl [...]

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 [...]

Wednesday, 27. November 2024

Valkey GLIDE 1.2 adds new features from Valkey 8.0, including AZ awareness (from AWS What's New)

AWS adds support for Availability Zone (AZ) awareness in the open-source Valkey General Language Independent Driver for Enterprise (GLIDE) client library. Valkey GLIDE is a reliable, high-performance, and highly available client, and it’s pre-configured with best practices from over a decade of operating Amazon ElastiCache. Valkey GLIDE is compatible with versions 7.2 and 8.0 of Valkey, as well [...]

Tuesday, 26. November 2024

GenAI Won’t Replace Open Source, Says AWS Exec (from The New Stack)

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the biggest questions people have about generative AI (GenAI) is what it means for humans.

The post GenAI Won’t Replace Open Source, Says AWS Exec appeared first on The New Stack.

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Friday, 22. November 2024

ClickHouse® is now GA on the NetApp® Instaclustr Managed Platform (from Instaclustr)

NetApp® is excited to announce the general availability of its latest offering on the NetApp Instaclustr Managed Platform, Instaclustr for ClickHouse® – a new offering designed to provide businesses with a powerful, scalable, and reliable solution for real-time data analytics.  ClickHouse is an open source, column-oriented database management system renowned for its lightning-fast query processi [...]

Thursday, 21. November 2024

Amazon ElastiCache version 8.0 for Valkey brings faster scaling and improved memory efficiency (from AWS Database Blog)

Today, we are adding support for Valkey 8.0 on Amazon ElastiCache. ElastiCache version 8.0 for Valkey brings faster scaling for ElastiCache Serverless and memory optimizations for node-based clusters. In this post, we discuss these improvements and how you can benefit from them. [...]

Amazon ElastiCache version 8.0 for Valkey brings faster scaling and improved memory efficiency (from AWS What's New)

Today, Amazon ElastiCache introduces support for Valkey 8.0, the latest Valkey major version. This release brings faster scaling for ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey and improved memory efficiency on node-based ElastiCache, compared to previous versions of ElastiCache for Valkey and Redis OSS. Valkey is an open-source, high-performance key-value datastore stewarded by the Linux Foundation and i [...]


Pushing the limits of Valkey on a Raspberry Pi (from Valkey Blog)

While doing extensive performance testing on a Raspberry Pi is silly, it's made me realize the complexity of performance testing. For example, in some of the tests below I ended up managing to use all of the resources of the Raspberry Pi and achieved terrible performance. Every application has different performance characteristics so we'll walk through what factors to consider when it comes to d [...]

Thursday, 14. November 2024

Building a reliable Node.js application | Part II (from Platformatic Blog)

To deliver optimal user experiences and maintain system health, it's crucial to build Node.js applications that are not only stable but also efficient. A well-optimized application can handle increased traffic, minimize response times, and reduce res... [...]

Tuesday, 12. November 2024

Use Amazon ElastiCache as a cache for Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) (from AWS Database Blog)

In this post, we show you how to use Amazon ElastiCache as a write-through cache for an application that uses an Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) table to store data about book awards. We use a Cassandra Python client driver to access Amazon Keyspaces programmatically and a Redis client to connect to the ElastiCache cluster. [...]

Thursday, 07. November 2024

Valkey: What’s New and What’s Next? (from The New Stack)

RALEIGH, N.C. — Valkey, the open source fork of created this past March, released its Version 8.0 into general availability in

The post Valkey: What’s New and What’s Next? appeared first on The New Stack.

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Building a Reliable Node.js Application | Part I (from Platformatic Blog)

Ensuring stable uptime and handling traffic spikes gracefully requires a firm understanding of the behaviour profile of your traffic. How your users behave directly correlates with how your traffic profile is shaped and subsequently how your applicat... [...]

Wednesday, 06. November 2024

Valkey® now available on the NetApp® Instaclustr Managed Platform (from Instaclustr)

Valkey® – the next-generation in-memory database solution that steps in as the leading successor to Redis – is now available on the NetApp® Instaclustr Managed Platform.   Born earlier this year after Redis™ transitioned to a closed source model, the Valkey project addresses the need for a robust, open source alternative that upholds the ethos...

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Optimize Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL auto scaling performance with automated cache pre-warming (from AWS Database Blog)

When clients start running queries on new Amazon Aurora replicas, they will notice a longer runtime for the first few times that queries are run; this is due to the cold cache of the replica. As the database runs more queries, the cache gets populated and the clients notice faster runtimes. In this post, we focus on how to address the cold cache so clients that are connecting through a load-balance [...]

Meet Canonical at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 (from Ubuntu blog)

We are ready to connect with the pioneers of open-source innovation! Canonical, the force behind Ubuntu, is returning as a gold sponsor at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024.  This premier event, hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, brings together the brightest minds in open source and cloud-native technologies. From November 13-15, 2024, we’ll […]

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Tuesday, 05. November 2024

Valkey/Redis Key-Specific Dump, Restore, and Migration (from Percona Database Blog)

♦Managing keys inside Valkey/Redis is crucial, especially when we need to test in a different environment or restore a partial/specific key-value dataset for a migration or production movement event. Although we can use a full RDB snapshot + AOF to get the full data set, that is not always feasible if we focus on a […] [...]

Tuesday, 29. October 2024

Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey adds new CloudWatch metrics to monitor server-side response time (from AWS What's New)

ElastiCache for Valkey self-designed (node-based) clusters now support server-side write request latency and read request latency metrics. With this launch, you can now measure the server-side response time for Valkey commands and troubleshoot latency spikes in your ElastiCache for Valkey cluster.

Monitoring response time is critical to improving end user experience by tracking applicat [...]


Amazon MemoryDB for Valkey adds new CloudWatch metrics to monitor server-side response time (from AWS What's New)

Amazon MemoryDB for Valkey now supports server-side write request latency and read request latency metrics. With this launch, you can now measure the server-side response time for Valkey commands and troubleshoot latency spikes in your MemoryDB cluster.

Monitoring latency is critical to improving end user experience by tracking application trends and adjusting cluster configurations, as [...]


Alternatives to Cloud DBaaS: What to Look For (from The New Stack)

Building a flexible cloud strategy means making decisions that align with operational efficiency, cost management and scalability. Public cloud platforms

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Migrate from Redis to Valkey Without Downtime (from Percona Database Blog)

♦Migrating from Redis to Valkey can significantly reduce costs associated with private licensing for your application. However, the biggest concern in any migration is transitioning without disrupting service or causing downtime. In this blog post, we’ll guide you through a step-by-step approach to smoothly migrate from Redis to Valkey without interrupting your application’s operations, [...]

Thursday, 24. October 2024

Redis Users Want a Change (from Percona Database Blog)

♦Originally published on The New Stack. Open source Valkey is emerging as a top contender for the 75% of companies concerned about Redis’ licensing change, finds Percona research. The key-value store landscape is experiencing a shake-up, as Redis’ recent licensing changes have driven users to search for alternatives. Our latest Percona survey looks deeper into […] [...]

Wednesday, 23. October 2024

From Flashpoint to Foundation: OpenSearch’s Path Clears (from The New Stack)

The recent move by AWS to entrust the OpenSearch open source search and observability suite to the Linux Foundation, under

The post From Flashpoint to Foundation: OpenSearch’s Path Clears appeared first on The New Stack.

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Saturday, 19. October 2024

Migrating Elasticache from Redis to Valkey (from Fabricio Pedroso Jorge)

♦1 — Introduction

Valkey is a fork from Redis just before it transitioned from the open-source licensing to the Redis license.

It is a data structure server (or you can call a database as well) that serves key/value workloads, similar to Redis, supporting a wide range of native structures and additional features, such as extensible plugins for adding new data structures and access patterns, [...]


Google Cloud Adds Scalable Vector Search to Memorystore for Valkey & Redis Cluster (from InfoQ)

Google Cloud has introduced scalable vector-search capabilities to its Memorystore for Valkey and Redis Cluster. This update allows developers to perform vector searches at ultra-low latencies over billions of vectors.

By Mohit Palriwal [...]

Friday, 18. October 2024

MemoryDB is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions (from AWS What's New)

Today, AWS announces the availability of Amazon MemoryDB in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Amazon MemoryDB is a fully managed, Valkey and Redis OSS-compatible database for in-memory performance and multi-AZ durability. Customers in GovCloud regions can now use MemoryDB as a primary database for use cases that require ultra-fast performance and durable storage, such as payment card analytics, mes [...]