Aerospike Database 7 has been released, offering improved performance across all storage models and a unified storage engine format that enables new capabilities for handling in-memory workloads, high performance, and efficiency. The release adds efficiencies for in-memory storage by unifying the storage engine formats across all supported storage options, allowing customers to match storage models to workloads. Aerospike 7 includes several enhancements for designing a superior in-memory database, such as warm restarts, in-memory compression, and faster in-memory operations. Additionally, the release focuses on improving the developer API with new features, including indexing of blobs and key-ordered maps.