Open source has been
our passion Since day 1
…and continues to be our entire focus
“Between our project committers, developing incredible new features and engaging with the community at conferences and events all over the world, we are excited to put NetApp Instaclustr at the forefront of taking open source to incredible new heights.”
Our latest blogs
Hybrid RAG retrieval in Apache Cassandra: SAI filters plus vector search
Learn how Apache Cassandra 5 combines SAI filters with vector search to improve hybrid RAG retrieval using exact facts and semantic ranking in one CQL query.
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October 30, 2026
By Mariah McLaughlin
Kafka Tiered Storage on Azure: Instaclustr Public Preview
Explore Kafka tiered storage on Azure, now in Public Preview for new Instaclustr BYOC clusters, with historical data retained in Azure Blob Storage.
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October 29, 2026
By Varun Ghai
Scaling agent systems with Apache Kafka and A2A (Part 7): An experimental Kafka transport and the Semaphore Agent
Explore an experimental Apache Kafka transport for the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, with the Semaphore Agent demo, event replay, fan-out, and limitations.
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October 29, 2026
By Paul Brebner
Fix RAG retrieval in OpenSearch: Hybrid search and filters
Four RAG retrieval failures and how to fix them on OpenSearch, using hybrid search, BM25, k-NN filtering, and GPU-accelerated vector index builds.
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October 28, 2026
By Ramya Ravi
We’re helping develop the latest and greatest in Open source
The incredible power of the open source community is that it never stops innovating – and we’re proud to be active contributors across several projects.
Here’s what we’ve been up to.
Our contributions to open source projects
Foundation memberships and sponsorships
Instaclustr + The Open SourceCommunity
There’s nothing better than meeting community members face-to-face and talking open source together. That’s why you’ll find us speaking and mingling at community events all over the globe.
Meet with us
Conferences
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Sydney, Australia | July 29-30
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Melbourne, Australia | July 24-25
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | August 28-29
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Vienna, Austria | September 16-18
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San Jose, California | September 8-10
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Minneapolis, Minnesota | September 11-14
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Raleigh, North Carolina | October 12-14
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Seattle, Washington | November 17-21
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Brussels, Belgium | February 2026
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Napa, California | February 2026
Interviews with community
