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New release adds DynamoDB-compatible API along with advanced features for consistency, streaming and management
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — May 7, 2020 — ScyllaDB today announced ScyllaDB Open Source 4.0, the latest major release of its high-performance NoSQL database for real-time big data workloads. The release of this new version of ScyllaDB’s open source NoSQL database, marks a significant milestone, as the company has moved beyond feature parity with Apache Cassandra, now also serving as an open source drop-in, no-lock-in alternative to Amazon DynamoDB.
ScyllaDB Open Source 4.0 builds on ScyllaDB’s close-to-the-hardware design, which enables optimal use of modern server infrastructure. Written from the ground-up in C++, ScyllaDB delivers performance of millions of OPS on a single node, scales out to hundreds of nodes and consistently achieves a 99% tail latency of less than one millisecond.
As a drop-in replacement for Cassandra and, now, DynamoDB, ScyllaDB delivers better, more consistent performance, a significant reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO) and greater deployment flexibility. The production-ready new features in ScyllaDB Open Source 4.0 extend an already impressive set of advantages over Apache Cassandra, including scaling up to any number of cores, streaming data to 60TB meganodes, built-in schedulers, unified cache and self-tuning operations.
Performance comparisons show ScyllaDB Open Source 4.0 delivers more than 5X higher throughput and nearly 10X lower P99 latencies than the upcoming Apache Cassandra 4.0 release. Additionally, benchmarks illustrate that ScyllaDB is roughly 1/8 the total cost of Amazon DynamoDB.
“ScyllaDB is faster and easier to manage than the other NoSQL databases we evaluated,” said Devin Rose, Principal Software Engineer at robotics pioneer KUKA. “We considered several other options, but ScyllaDB proved to be much more cost-effective. We’re excited about the new features ScyllaDB is adding. Their new DynamoDB-compatible API will make it even easier for users to enjoy ScyllaDB’s benefits of performance, affordability and more flexible deployment options.”
New Capabilities in ScyllaDB Open Source 4.0
“ScyllaDB 4.0 is our largest release ever, with improvements ranging from ease-of-use to new APIs and functionality and performance,” said Dor Laor, CEO and co-founder, ScyllaDB. “We welcome developers to discover the great performance ScyllaDB offers out of the box, at a reasonable price and without lock-in.”
For more information on ScyllaDB Open Source 4.0, please visit scylladb.com
Upcoming Webinar: Introducing ScyllaDB Open Source 4.0
On May 21, join ScyllaDB co-founders Dor Laor and Avi Kivity for an overview of ScyllaDB Open Source 4.0, including comparisons with the upcoming Apache Cassandra 4.0. To register: https://www.scylladb.com/webinar/on-demand-webinar-introducing-scylla-open-source-4-0-new-features-and-comparisons-with-cassandra-4-0/
ScyllaDB is the monstrously fast and scalable NoSQL database. API-compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB, ScyllaDB embraces a shared-nothing approach that increases throughput and storage capacity as much as 10X that of Cassandra. Comcast, Starbucks, Ola Cabs, Samsung, IBM, Grab, MediaMath, AppNexus, Investing.com and many more leading companies have adopted ScyllaDB to realize order-of-magnitude performance improvements and reduce hardware costs. ScyllaDB was founded by the team responsible for the KVM hypervisor and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Eight Roads Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Wing Venture Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, TLV Partners, Magma Venture Partners, Western Digital Capital and Samsung Ventures. For more information: ScyllaDB.com
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