Instaclustr Blog Archive
2026
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- Apache Kafka
- Feature Releases
Introducing Kafka Client Telemetry: Centralized client metrics for Instaclustr Managed Apache Kafka®
NetApp, a leading provider of fully managed open source data and workflow application solutions, is introducing a significant enhancement to its managed service Instaclustr for Apache Kafka®. This new feature called Client Telemetry is designed to deliver broker-integrated visibility into Kafka client and application-level metrics, empowering users with telemetry export and centralized collection. Apache Kafka...
Learn MoreVarun GhaiApril 16, 2026 -
- ClickHouse
Powering low-latency analytics with ClickHouse® and Amazon FSx
Analytics platforms are commonly constrained by a familiar trade‑off: file‑based storage delivers the performance and semantics that analytical databases expect, while object storage delivers cost efficiency at scale. Bridging the two characteristics typically introduces ingestion pipelines, data duplication, caching layers, or intermediary query engines—each adding operational complexity and failure modes. Instaclustr Managed ClickHouse integrated with...
Learn MoreJaime BorucinskiApril 15, 2026 -
- AI
- Dev Rel
- Open Source
- OpenSearch
Understanding OpenSearch® vector field types—Part 1: knn_vector
Overview In today’s AI-driven landscape, users expect applications to behave like intelligent assistants—understanding intent, context, and natural language rather than just matching exact terms. This requires combining keyword-based search, which excels at term-level relevance, with semantic search, which captures deeper meaning. Modern applications such as chatbots, recommendation systems, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines all depend...
Learn MoreRamya RaviApril 14, 2026 -
- Dev Rel
- OpenSearch
OpenSearch version 3.6 release—smart agents and fast search
OpenSearch 3.6 is shaping up to be a landmark release, bringing meaningful advances across machine learning, vector search, neural search, and observability. From transparent token tracking in AI agents (a pivotal cost-tracking feature) to meta-advancements like 32x default vector compression, this release reflects the community’s focus on making OpenSearch the backbone for intelligent, high-performance search,...
Learn MoreKassian WrenApril 10, 2026 -
- Apache Kafka
- ClickHouse
- Dev Rel
- Kafka Connect
How to build a streaming analytics pipeline with Terraform and Instaclustr—Part 3: Integrating with AWS VPC
The missing piece In parts 1 and 2, we built a complete streaming pipeline: Kafka for ingestion, Kafka Connect for data movement, and ClickHouse for analytics. Everything worked, but it ran over the public internet. That is fine for a proof of concept, but it’s not how you want production traffic to behave. You want...
Learn MoreWalt RibeiroApril 08, 2026 -
- Apache Kafka
- ClickHouse
- Dev Rel
- Kafka Connect
How to build a streaming analytics pipeline with Terraform and Instaclustr—Part 2: Designing the complete data pipeline
Where we left off In part 1, we deployed a managed Apache Kafka cluster with Terraform. That gave us a reliable message broker, but a broker sitting alone isn’t a pipeline—it’s just infrastructure waiting for a purpose. Today, we add the pieces that turn Kafka into a real-time analytics system: ClickHouse®: A columnar database that can...
Learn MoreWalt RibeiroApril 08, 2026 -
- Apache Kafka
- ClickHouse
- Dev Rel
How to build a streaming analytics pipeline with Terraform and Instaclustr—Part 1: Setting up your first Kafka® cluster
Why this series exists Every year, teams spend countless hours clicking through cloud consoles, manually provisioning infrastructure, and hoping they remember the exact configuration when it’s time to rebuild. Then something breaks at 2 a.m. and nobody remembers which checkbox was checked six months ago. There’s a better way. This series walks you through building...
Learn MoreWalt RibeiroApril 08, 2026 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Kafka
- Cadence
- ClickHouse
- Feature Releases
- News
- OpenSearch
- PostgreSQL
Instaclustr product update: March 2026
Here’s a roundup of the latest features and updates that 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. Major announcements Introducing AI Cluster Health: Smarter monitoring made simple Turn complex metrics into clear, actionable insights with AI-powered health...
Learn MoreInstaclustrMarch 19, 2026