Changelog

Aiven for Valkey™ version 8.1

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Aiven for Valkey™ version 8.1 is now available on the Aiven Platform. It introduces multiple improvements on top of version 8.0, including:

Performance improvements

  • New hashtable implementation: Reduces the average memory needed for key-value pairs and the number of random memory accesses. It also improves throughput by approximately 10% on pipeline workloads when not using I/O threads.
  • Iterator prefetching: Up to 3.5x faster when iterating over the key set by using prefetching techniques.
  • Various command optimizations: Commands such as ZRANK, ZADD, PFMERGE, PFCOUNT, and BITCOUNT were optimized to execute faster.

Observability improvements

  • Extending the slowlog to commandlog: The new COMMANDLOG feature gives you better visibility into end-to-end latency.
  • Improved latency insights: The new LATENCY LATEST command reports on the latest collected latency events.

Other improvements

  • Conditional updates: The introduction of conditional updates using the SET IFEQ semantics.

Upgrade to version 8.1 at your earliest convenience to ensure you use the most robust and secure version available.

See the Valkey 8.1 release notes for more details.