Yugabyte has introduced the discharge of YugabyteDB 2.25, which gives full compatibility with PostgreSQL 15 and introduces a number of new options.
In line with the corporate’s co-founder and co-CEO Karthik Ranganathan defined that this launch is the end result of a long-term undertaking to convey YugabyteDB customers the options that had been added in newer variations of PostgreSQL in addition to allow YugabyteDB to simply undertake future PostgreSQL variations.
Yugabyte defined that whereas the newest model of PostgreSQL is 17 (launched in September), most corporations are nonetheless operating PostgreSQL 14 in manufacturing as a consequence of its compatibility with their current instruments and working techniques.
“Though PostgreSQL stays the most well-liked database amongst builders, an element that slows down adoption of newer PostgreSQL options or improvements is the dangers upgrading can convey, particularly the potential impression on current functions,” Ranganathan stated.
YugabyteDB now has entry to options that had been added between variations 11.2 and 15, reminiscent of generated columns, international keys on partitioned tables, and multi-range aggregates for improved information modeling and querying.
Customers can now simply make upgrades or downgrades to newer variations with out downtime, making certain higher enterprise continuity, catastrophe restoration, and uninterrupted information seize.