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Date Published
Author
Yogesh Mahajan
Word count
3093
Language
English
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None

Summary

YugabyteDB 2.11 has extended PostgreSQL compatibility with the addition of Foreign Data Wrappers (FDWs), GIN indexes, collation support, read-committed transaction isolation, follower reads, and various space amplification optimizations. These features aim to provide a more familiar and developer-friendly distributed SQL database experience for users. The release includes improvements in data compression, delta encoding, and compaction performance, as well as enhancements to the RocksDB storage engine. YugabyteDB 2.11 is now available for download, and the company invites users to try it out and engage with the community on Slack.