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Instaclustr Introduces Maintenance Events and Exclusion Times
NetApp is excited to announce the availability of 2 maintenance scheduling features on the Instaclustr Platform. Maintenance scheduling provides a significant capability improvement in Instaclustr’s ability to plan and manage scheduled maintenance in conjunction with our customers. Performing maintenance on instances is a necessary part of any managed service. This can include security patching, upgrading...
Learn MoreJordan BraiukaJune 16, 2023 -
- Feature Releases
Instaclustr begins exposing Lifecycle Policies on the Managed Platform
Instaclustr, now part of Spot by NetApp, is pleased to announce the visibility of lifecycle status on the Instaclustr Managed Platform, with all applications versions, node sizes, and existing clusters now assigned a lifecycle policy state.
Learn MoreJordan BraiukaMay 08, 2023 -
- Feature Releases
General Availability of PostgreSQL 14.3 and 13.7
Instaclustr is pleased to announce the availability of new PostgreSQL minor releases 14.3 and 13.7 on the Instaclustr managed platform.
Learn MoreJordan BraiukaMay 27, 2022 -
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Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling: Which Scaling Strategy is Right for Me?
Vertical scaling is great when you need to quickly add capacity to a cluster. When you only increase the size of the instance, without modifying the underlying storage, you also retain the ability to quickly reduce the cluster back down in size. Vertical scaling is what our Customer-Initiated Resize feature automates for customers. We recommend vertical scaling for short-term or seasonal peaks in processing requirements. This is because after the operation is completed, you can reduce the size of your cluster quickly.
Learn MoreJordan BraiukaOctober 06, 2021 -
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Elassandra & Kibana™ Data Exploration with Fantasy Basketball
Fantasy Basketball. Part statistics, part unpredictable human behaviour. It works like this: All the players in the NBA are put into a pool. Then, all the fantasy team owners take turns drafting the NBA players onto their fantasy team, building up the team. Then, each week, two teams go head to head, competing to see...
Learn MoreJordan BraiukaOctober 27, 2017