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Aerospike Database Release Notes 6.4
Aerospike Database Release Notes 6.4, August 3, 2023
Aerospike Database software version 6.4 is now available.
New in this version
This version implements a variety of feature requests and improvements to enhance performance, usability and reliability.
Updates
- Support for Amazon Linux 2023
- Support for Debian 12
- Aerospike Tools 9.0
- See Platform support for all currently supported platforms
New features
- You can use Aerospike Secret Agent to fetch from AWS Secrets Manager
- Allows secondary indexes to be stored in Flash
- XDR partition affinity provides significantly higher shipping throughput, while using less service threads and socket connections
- See the detailed Complete list of all new features
- This version and subsequent server 6.4.x Debian package software files (*.deb) and Red Hat Package Manager files (*.rpm) are now GPG Signed
Configuration item changes
Configuration items added or enhanced
| Item | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
secrets-address-port | added | Configures AWS secrets port. |
secrets-tls-context | added | Subcontext of network to use for the Secret Agent TLS. |
secrets-uds-path | added | Configures a Unix Domain Socket (UDS) path. |
sindex-type | enhanced | Can be set to "flash". |
mount, mounts-size-limit, and mounts-high-water-pct | enhanced | Now apply to the "sindex-type flash" sub-context. |
Configuration items removed
| Item | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
batch-max-requests | removed | Unlimited batch size requires monitoring of resources |
scheduler-mode | removed | |
max-used-service-threads | removed | New XDR partition affinity uses less service threads and socket connections |
single-bin | removed | |
data-in-index | removed |
Info commands changes
| Item | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
latencies | enhanced | Add options to Parameters section: {ns}-batch-sub-read, {ns}-batch-sub-write, {ns}-batch-sub-udf. |
scan-abort | removed | Use query-abort. |
scan-abort-all | removed | Use query-abort-all. |
scan-show | removed | Use query-show. |
Metrics changes
| Item | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
sindex_flash_used_bytes | added | Total bytes in-use on All Flash for the secondary indexes. |
sindex_flash_used_pct | added | Percentage of All Flash in-use for the secondary indexes. |
sindex-type.mount[ix].age | added | Percentage of lifetime (total usage) claimed by OEM for underlying device. |
Server log changes
| Item | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DETAIL (key-busy) | added | Describes the digest, transaction type and transaction source of a possibly hot key. |
sindex-flash-usage | added | Displayed every 10 seconds by default for each namespace configured with 'sindex-type flash'. |
Error code changes
- Error code 151 (BATCH_MAX_REQUESTS) is no longer returned starting with server 6.4.
Complete list
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| AER-6624 | (INFO) Removed support for deprecated commands scan-abort, scan-abort-all, and scan-show. |
| AER-6625 | (KVS) Removed support for single-bin namespaces. |
| AER-6629 | (STORAGE) Increased granularity of storage state to avoid superfluous defragmentation in certain cases. |
| AER-6631 | (QUERY) Share partition reservations among concurrent short queries, to improve performance. |
| AER-6633 | (XDR) Distribute ship requests across service threads using partition affinity, improving performance and reducing the number of connections to remote clusters. |
| AER-6635 | (KVS) For index-type flash namespaces, avoid unnecessarily rebuilding index free queues during warm restart, improving performance. |
| AER-6636 | (UDF) Improved Lua cache management so that a module can be re-registered while in use. |
| AER-6637 | (XDR) Removed DC namespace context configuration item 'max-used-service-threads'. |
| AER-6643 | (STORAGE) Cold start from local devices if they are present and their shadow devices indicate the previous shutdown was clean. |
| AER-6644 | (SINDEX) Added value flash for namespace context configuration item sindex-type to use flash for secondary indexes. |
| AER-6647 | (STORAGE) Removed storage context configuration item scheduler-mode. |
| AER-6648 | (BATCH) Removed service context configuration item batch-max-requests. |
| AER-6649 | (BATCH) Abandon a batch transaction at the client-specified timeout. |
| AER-6650 | (LOGGING) Added special detail logging context "key-busy" to help identify hot keys. |
| AER-6651 | (SINDEX) sindex-type pmem context configuration items mounts-size-limit and mounts-high-water-pct should be dynamic. |
| AER-6652 | (SECRETS) Added support for fetching secrets from external services using Aerospike Secret Agent. |
| AER-6653 | (TLS) Added support for SAN in TLS certificates. |
| AER-6654 | (STATS) Added latency histograms for batch sub-transactions. |
| AER-6657 | (CDT) When operating on a nested CDT, return the more appropriate "incompatible type" (error 12) on not finding the expected CDT type. |
| AER-6659 | (STORAGE) Updated storage compression submodules. |
Other changes
Changes in Tools 9.0
Prerequisites and notes
- For upgrade instructions, refer to Upgrade or Repair Server
- For special upgrade instructions, refer to Special Upgrades
Product lifecycle updates
Long-term Support (LTS) releases are maintained and supported for 2.5 years (30 months). Interim releases are maintained and supported for 15 months. See Platform support for details.
Client/server feature compatiblity
For a complete list of client features and the server versions that support them, see the Client Matrix.
Ecosystem compatibility
Compatible client versions
- Java client 5.1.6 or later
- C client 5.2.3 or later
- C# client 4.2.2 or later
- Go client 5.4.0 or later
- Python client 6.1.0 or later
- Node.js client 4.0.0 or later
- Ruby client 2.25.0 or later
Compatible connector versions
- Trino connector 1.2.0 or later
- Spark connector 3.1.1 or later