Yugabyte has introduced the discharge of YugabyteDB 2.25, which presents 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 fruits of a long-term venture to carry 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 latest model of PostgreSQL is 17 (launched in September), most firms are nonetheless operating PostgreSQL 14 in manufacturing because of its compatibility with their current instruments and working methods.
“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 carry, particularly the potential affect on current functions,” Ranganathan mentioned.
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 knowledge 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 knowledge seize.