April 2020 Summaries

Apache Kafka users can now view their message queues live from the Aiven Console, providing a quick and easy way to check if recent messages are being ingested correctly. The feature allows for sorting messages by location, partition, offset, timeout, and maximum size, adding simplicity and granularity useful for troubleshooting complex message queues. To use this feature, users need an Aiven for Apache Kafka Business-4 plan or better and must enable the Kafka REST API.

Aiven has conducted a performance benchmark of PostgreSQL version 12 on Amazon Web Service (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The tests measured the performance in terms of speed, cost variations, and effects of adding CPUs while adjusting RAM and storage upward to write performance. Results showed that GCP was the leader in all plans except for Startup-4, where AWS led by 16.76%. Overall, Google had better cost performance due to its generally better performance on GCP.

Aiven, a cloud data infrastructure provider, has announced that it has achieved Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II attestation. This follows its previous achievement of SOC2 Type I attestation in October last year. The company's commitment to secure transfer and storage of customer data led to the smooth process of earning these compliance standards. The SOC2 Type II attestation is a significant accomplishment as it requires an organization to maintain effective security controls during a specific audit period, with evaluations required every six months in perpetuity. This makes it one of the most difficult compliance standards to maintain. Aiven's successful pursuit of these certifications and attestations validates its commitment to high-security and compliance standards. Aiven is dedicated to ensuring that its customers can trust their data infrastructure, and this achievement further solidifies that trust. The company will continue to focus on maintaining the highest security and compliance standards in the industry.