ScyllaDB release: version 1.3

ScyllaDB 1.3 is a production-ready minor release of the open-source NoSQL database compatible with Apache Cassandra, offering high performance and low latency. The release includes several new features such as Thrift support, which allows users of projects like KairosDB and Titan to migrate while maintaining protocol compatibility, and the Date Tiered Compaction Strategy (DTCS) for improved performance in time series use cases. Enhancements also include improved handling of large partitions, CQL tracing for latency analysis, and relaxed polling in Docker support to optimize resource usage. The release introduces internode compression options and support for CQL 3.2.1, alongside a new REST API for dynamically managing metrics. New metrics cover cache, database, IO queue, CQL trace, and Thrift usage, while the update also notes known issues such as CQLSh incompatibility with certain Python versions. The ScyllaDB Summit, coinciding with the Cassandra Summit, will provide further insights into these updates and future developments.