December 2018 Summaries

Aerospike has released version 4.5 of its open database supporting Intel Optane DC persistent memory based on Intel's new 3D XPoint technology. This release is the first commercially available open database to support this new class of storage technology, which provides extremely low-latency, high durability, and strong data consistency. Aerospike's tiered architecture allows multiple deployment environments, including using it as a primary key index layer. Additionally, version 4.5 introduces in-database compression with three different mechanisms to choose from: Snappy, LZ4, and Zstandard.

Aerospike has released its 4.5 version, which supports Intel's Optane DC persistent memory technology, a new class of storage designed for data-intensive applications that require low latency, high durability, and strong consistency. Aerospike's open database architecture natively supports multiple programming languages, including Java, .NET, Node.js, Python, and Go. The company has extensively tested Intel Optane DC P4800X Series, which is recommended for high write loads. In testing, Aerospike has observed minimal performance difference when using Intel Optane DC persistent memory for indexes compared to DRAM instances. Compression is also supported in this release, with three different mechanisms available (Snappy, LZ4, and Zstandard), enabling real-time compression on a per-namespace basis. The company recommends testing with production data to determine the impact of each compressor.