Aerospike Server 5.0.0.3 (May 14, 2020)

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Aerospike Server version 5.0.0.3 was released on May 14, 2020.

This major release contains a New Feature, and Improvements.

  • If using XDR, it is strongly advised to upgrade to version 5.0.0.4 or above. Refer to AER-6231 and the 5.0.0.4 release notes for details.
  • The Cross-Datacenter Replication (XDR) feature has been redesigned for improvements in speed and simplicity. Refer to:
  • Cross-Datacenter Replication (XDR) running in Aerospike Server version 5.0 can only connect to XDR destination clusters running versions 4.1 or newer.
  • All nodes must be upgraded to Aerospike Server version 4.9.0.7 or newer prior to upgrading to Aerospike Server version 5.0.
    • Aerospike Server version 5.0 will not form a cluster with version 4.8 nodes or earlier.
    • When upgrading the Aerospike Server refer to the Special Upgrades documentation.
  • The Aerospike Server will not start if obsolete configuration parameters are set in the Aerospike configuration file (aerospike.conf).
  • The maximum cluster size is now increased to 256 nodes. However, the actual limit when using multicast heartbeat mode will depend on the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU).
    • There is a 132 node limit with MTU of 1500. A 256 node limit can be achieved with an MTU of 9000.
  • ATTENTION: As of Aerospike Server version 4.9, expirations and evictions are disabled by default.
  • XDR, using ACL, in server versions between 4.1.0.1 and 4.3.0.6 cannot ship to this version. The simplest workaround is to avoid using those versions.
  • Community Edition clusters now limit the maximum amount of data to 5TB of unique data. Refer to:
  • Please reach out to your account representative if you are interested in Kerberos support.

New Features

  • Community Only
    • [AER-6226] - (DEPLOYMENT) Limited Community Edition clusters to 5TB of unique data.

Improvements

  • Enterprise & Community
    • [AER-6202] - (KVS) Increased maximum supported configuration file line length to 1024 characters.
    • [AER-6217] - (KVS) Increased ‘bin_names_quota’ to 65535.
    • [AER-6218] - (KVS) Service context configuration item ‘proto-fd-max’ may now be dynamically set as high as the system’s current process file descriptor limit.
    • [AER-6219] - (KVS) Removed support for very old clients that sent key without digest.
    • [AER-6222] - (KVS) Do not start the server if the configuration file contains obsolete items.
    • [AER-6221] - (LOGGING) Streamlined cold start storage load ticker logging.
  • Enterprise Only
    • [AER-6225] - (DEPLOYMENT) Increased maximum cluster size to 256.
    • [AER-6200] - (XDR) Redesigned XDR system, including significant changes to configuration and statistics.

Updates