Major Announcements

ClickHouse®

Instaclustr for ClickHouse® available in Preview on Azure

Instaclustr for ClickHouse® is now available in Preview on Azure, following our recent ClickHouse GA release on AWS in November 2024.

ClickHouse, an open source, column-oriented DBMS, is ideal for real-time analytics, log analysis, and machine learning. The Preview release includes features such as provisioning and monitoring support accessible through our console, API, and Terraform Provider, with continuous enhancements being added towards GA.

Instaclustr Managed Platform

Instaclustr’s commitment to data protection: Achieving PCI DSS 4.0 compliance

Instaclustr has recently achieved compliance with PCI DSS 4.0, the latest Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Our Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, OpenSearch®, Valkey™, and Cadence® offerings on AWS and GCP, are all PCI DSS compliant.

PCI DSS 4.0 represents the most comprehensive update to the standard since version 3.2.1 was released in 2018. This update addresses emerging threats and technologies by enhancing security requirements to tackle modern security challenges and promoting security as a continuous process. Since obtaining our initial PCI certification in 2020, the implemented security controls have consistently improved security levels for all our Managed Service customers, regardless of the product or platform.

OpenSearch

Observability plugin is now available for OpenSearch on the Instaclustr Managed Platform

The Observability Plugin for OpenSearch is now accessible on the Instaclustr Managed Platform. It provides comprehensive insights into application and infrastructure performance and operations through OpenSearch Dashboards.

Available to all Instaclustr OpenSearch customers, the Observability Plugin supports various monitoring, analysis, and data visualization use cases.

Other Significant Changes

Apache Cassandra

  • Apache Cassandra 3.11.19.1, 4.0.17, 4.1.8, and 5.0.3 are released into General Availability in response to CVEs reported by the Apache Cassandra project community.
  • Shotover Proxy 0.6.0 for Cassandra-AWS PrivateLink has been released.

Apache Kafka

  • Apache Kafka and Kafka® Connect 3.9.0 are GA with support for Tiered Storage.
  • Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect 3.8.1 are also now GA.

OpenSearch

  • The OpenSearch Mapper Size plugin has been released, allowing configuring indices to automatically store document sizes.

ClickHouse

  • ClickHouse Domain integration allows clusters to use URL table functions to read from and write data to the specified domain.
  • Overriding certain ClickHouse configuration parameters is now supported via the console, API and Terraform Provider

Valkey

  • On-premises provisioning is now available for Valkey

Instaclustr Managed Platform

  • Added support for AWS Malaysia (ap-southeast-5) region for all managed offerings.
  • To comply with PCI 4.0 requirements, the ‘Don’t challenge me on this device for 7 days’ option for MFA code entry on the Console has been disabled for PCI-enabled accounts. As a result, users with PCI-enabled accounts will now be prompted to enter the MFA code for each login, regardless of the device used.

Upcoming Releases

ClickHouse

  • ClickHouse is advancing towards GA support for Azure, enabling customers to benefit from both the power of ClickHouse for real-time analytics and the wide array of services available through Azure.

OpenSearch

  • OpenSearch version 3.0 is launching soon on the Instaclustr Managed Platform. This exciting new release includes search performance improvements, increased stability and enhancements to AI, ML and vector search capabilities. Keep an eye on our blog for more information in the coming months.

PostgreSQL

  • Support for PCI compliance in PostgreSQL will be available soon, enabling customers with PCI requirements to use PostgreSQL on the Instaclustr Managed platform.

Cadence

  • We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Cadence, including Cadence Web 4.0, is coming soon to the NetApp Instaclustr managed platform. This update, currently in beta for the Cadence project, features Multi-Cluster support, enhanced performance, and a sleek new user interface for an improved experience.

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