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Jan 6, 2025 | 
instaclustr.com | Paul Brebner |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater
At a medieval feast where food is better! This picture illustrate the theme of this and the next blog: “more is often better”! (Source: Adobe Stock)In two recent blogs, I investigated the new Apache Kafka® Tiered Storage architecture which enables Kafka to stream more (essentially unlimited data) for less cost (by storing more older records on cloud-native storage). In Part 1 I explored how local vs.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Chris Carter |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater |Paul Brebner
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 of transparency and community collaboration.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Paul Brebner |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater
In Part 1 of this blog, we introduced Apache Kafka® Tiered Storage and had an initial look at how it works in practice on a public preview version of Instaclustr’s managed Apache Kafka service. In this part, we will have a closer look at Performance, dam the river, and conclude. Kafka Tiered Storage PerformanceMistaya Canyon – Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, Canada.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Mo Ansari |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater |Paul Brebner
Open source Apache Cassandra® continues to stand out as an enterprise-proven solution for organizations seeking high availability, scalability and performance in a NoSQL database. (And hey, the brand-new 5.0 version is only making those statements even more true!) There’s a reason this database is trusted by some of the world’s largest and most successful companies.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Paul Brebner
Instaclustr recently announced the availability of a public preview of Apache Kafka® tiered storage. This is a long-awaited “feature” (more a fundamental architectural shift really), proposed in KIP-405 in 2019, which finally appeared in Kafka version 3.6.0 late last year (KAFKA-7739). Tiered storage is still “early access” so is not currently recommended for use in production and comes with some limitations.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Chris Carter |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater |Paul Brebner
Embracing the Future: Instaclustr’s Transition from Redis™ to ValkeyNetApp is excited to announce our plan to offer a fully managed service and enterprise support for the Valkey Project. With the recent decision by Ltd. to remove distribution under the 3-Clause licence and replace it with a restrictive Server Side Public License (SSPL), Redis™ is no longer recognized as open source.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Varun Ghai |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater |Paul Brebner
Feature Releases Apache Kafka Custom Subject Alternative Names now available on Instaclustr for Apache KafkaNetApp is pleased to announce support for Subject Alternative Names (SANs) with Instaclustr for Apache Kafka®. You can now use Domain Name Server (DNS) names to securely establish the connection between your Kafka clients and the Kafka cluster.
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May 27, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Paul Brebner |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater
Get Your Apache Camel™ Kafka Connectors in a RowA long camel train on the beach in Broome, Western Australia(Source: Adobe Stock by scottimage)Recently I wrote a blog called “Running the Apache Camel™ HTTP Kafka Source Connector on Instaclustr Managed Apache Kafka®” (check it out here).There are a lot of Apache Camel Kafka Connectors available, and I wondered how to “get your Camels in a row”?
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May 15, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater |Paul Brebner |Justin Weng
NetApp is excited to introduce the new Production Shared Infrastructure for Cadence® on the Instaclustr Platform. This offering is a cost-effective solution tailored for handling light production workloads. Originally developed and open-sourced by Uber, Cadence is a workflow engine that simplifies the development of complex long-running automated business processes at scale.
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
instaclustr.com | Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater |Paul Brebner |Alex Bunday
NetApp is excited to announce the General Availability of two of the latest versions of OpenSearch®–2.12 and 1.3.15–on the Instaclustr Managed Platform. a number of exciting improvements, making OpenSearch even more performant and functional. As always, NetApp makes the latest version available on the Instaclustr Managed Platform to ensure that customers are enjoying the latest improvements that the OpenSearch project has to offer.
