What’s New in Starburst Galaxy – August 2024

Starburst Galaxy's August 2024 update introduces several new features and enhancements, including public preview support for Streaming Ingest, Warp Speed enhancements, and cross-region plus cross-cloud querying for non-object stores. Streaming Ingest allows users to quickly build an Icehouse architecture using Trino and Iceberg, enabling efficient ingestion of Kafka data sources. Warp Speed enhancements focus on Fast Warm-Up, which addresses the "cold start" issue by providing faster and more consistent query execution, and Autoscaling, which optimizes resource use by adjusting cluster size according to workload demands. Additionally, the update includes support for cross-region and cross-cloud queries, expanding analytical capabilities across diverse geographical and cloud environments. New general availability features include cluster metrics in OpenMetrics format for integration with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Datadog, practical data product usage examples, and improved tools for managing catalog indexing errors and refreshing. These advancements aim to enhance data performance and resource efficiency, offering users a robust platform for data analytics.