New ScyllaDB Enterprise Release: Up to 50% Higher Throughput, 33% Lower Latency

ScyllaDB Enterprise 2024.1.0 LTS has been released, offering substantial performance improvements such as up to 50% higher throughput, 33% lower latency, and 35% greater efficiency compared to previous versions. This major update includes enhanced encryption at rest capabilities with new Amazon KMS integration, allowing for cluster-wide encryption using customer-managed keys. Repair Based Node Operations (RBNO) are now enabled by default for all node operations, enhancing data streaming reliability and safety. The release also introduces consistent schema management using Raft, which is automatically enabled upon upgrading, and new security features such as TLS certificate-based authentication and FIPS tolerance. Additionally, the update provides new guardrails to protect against common configuration mistakes and introduces node-aggregated table-level metrics to streamline monitoring.