Platform Release Notes

This article describes the release notes for the management and control platform of SelectDB Cloud.

August 7, 2023

New Features

• Support for creating and modifying organizations.
• Support for new customer self-registration organizations (login is registration).

New Regions

• AWS Europe (Frankfurt)

Improvements

• The list of AWS endpoints for private network connection is optimized, and tips and links are given on where to find the Endpoint DNS Name.
• IP whitelist management optimization for public network connection.
• Quota prompts for New Organization, New Warehouse, and New Cluster.
• Update the content of site notifications and email notifications.

June 13, 2023

New Features

• On-demand billing clusters support time-based scaling, which can not only meet the needs of business load scenarios with obvious peaks and lows in a day and have time-periodical regularity, but also avoid the situation that the configuration is too low to cause insufficient resources or the configuration is too high to cause resource waste.

• On-demand billing clusters support manual start/stop, and auto stop. It can release computing resources while retaining cache space when the cluster has no load, reducing resource waste and saving costs. It can also quickly pull up computing resources and mount reserved cache resources and data, so that business requests can be quickly responded to.

• WebUI supports multiple tab pages, which is convenient for users to process multiple SQL queries in parallel.

Improvements

• WebUI space utilization optimization and database table directory tree optimization provide larger query statement/result display space.

May 15, 2023

New Features

• The cluster supports cloud disk caching, the ratio of vCPU memory is fixed at 1:8, and the ratio of vCPU cache is temporarily 1:50.

• Supports "Lake House", integrate structured or semi-structured source data such as Hive, object storage (S3), MySQL, and Elasticsearch from user data lake through public network / private network connections, and perform federated query analysis in one SelectDB Cloud data warehouse; At the same time, the style of the private network connection has been reconstructed, and two methods are supported: access to SelectDB Cloud data warehouse from the user's clients / applications and access to the user's data lake from SelectDB Cloud data warehouse.

• Support multi-factor authentication (MFA), strengthen login identity authentication and sensitive operation security (related functions include: MFA policy settings, batch invite users, profile, enroll mobile phone, SMS verification, password reset, etc).

• Adds 2 information cards to the usage page: the latest compute capacity (vCPU), and the latest storage size (GB).

New Regions

• AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore)

Improvements

• The cluster is adjusted to the configuration of the cluster's overall resources (vCPU, memory, and cache) from the configuration of multiplying the node size and the number of nodes.

• Cloud marketplace deduction authorization process optimization (new user guidance prompts, authorized organizations directly enter the console).

• Security certification: Passed six certifications of ISO.

• WebUI login entrance optimization (prominent position, early prediction and prompts whether and how to log in).

• Optimized the IP whitelist for public network connections (adding the last operator information).

• Warehouse navigation and detail optimization (adding available zone and creator information, rearranging the overall information).

February 15, 2023

New Features

• The billing center has been revised, and it supports monthly bill, hourly bill, billing details, and voucher management.

New Regions

• AWS US West (N. California)

Improvements

• The account system is restructured, and the permissions of SelectDB Cloud users and the database users are separated.

• The query function module is independently used as a WebUI tool, and users need to log in to the warehouse to query data.

• The usage page has been revised, and the Unit metering mechanism has been changed to vCPU-Hour and GB-Hour metering mechanisms.

• The billing center page has been revised, and the Unit billing and deduction mechanism has been changed to currency billing and deduction mechanism.

• Improves message templates for in-site notification function and email notification function, updates related links and copywriting.

November 30, 2022

New Features

• The kernel version can be configured when creating a new warehouse, and in the drop-down selection box, only the latest patch version is retained for each minor version x.y.

• Warehouse details add the kernel version number information. If the current version is not the highest version in the region of the cloud, there will be an upgrade reminder. Click the link icon can go to the settings page to upgrade the version.

• Warehouse statuses add "upgrading".

• In-site notification function, adding support for notification of kernel version upgrade success and notification of kernel version upgrade failure.

• Warehouse details add creation time information.

• Supports the reminder card for the remaining time of the trial warehouse, which can be upgraded to paid warehouse with one click.

Improvements

• Adjusted the position of the kernel version upgrade entry, moved from the cluster details page to the warehouse details page, and can upgrade the kernel version of the warehouse and all clusters in it. The kernel version number is divided into three levels: Major, Minor, and Patch, and the format is as follows: x.y.z.

• Both the cluster card on the cluster overview page and the basic information on the cluster details page shield the kernel version number, and the function operation area on the cluster details page shields the version upgrade function.

• The cluster resize function and the cluster scaling function are integrated, and the name of the new function is unified as "cluster scaling".

October 15, 2022

New Features

• Cluster reconstruction, split into the warehouse service and the computing cluster.

• Supports storage-computing separation architecture, multi-computing clusters, and shared object storage data.

• Supports local disk as cluster cache.

• Supports AWS Marketplace deduction, AWS customers can reuse the balance of the AWS cloud account, and uniformly issue bills and Invoices from AWS.

• In-site notification function, adding support for notifications of warehouse creation success, notifications of warehouse creation failure, notifications of warehouse deletion success, notifications of warehouse deletion failure, reminders of trial warehouse is about to expire and stop service, notifications of trial warehouse expiration and suspension of service, reminders of trial warehouse and its data will soon be deleted, notifications of trial warehouse recovery service, notifications of trial warehouse and its data deletion, reminders of suspension of service of paid warehouses due to arrears of payment, notification of suspension of service of paid warehouses due to arrears of payment, reminders of paid warehouses and their data will be deleted, notifications of paid warehouse recovery service, and snotifications of paid warehouses and their data are deleted.

• Email notification function, adding support for notifications of welcome to join the organization, notifications of verification code, reminders of trial warehouse is about to expire and stop service, notifications of trial warehouse expiration and suspension of service, reminders of trial warehouse and its data will soon be deleted, notifications of trial warehouse recovery service, notifications of trial warehouse and its data deletion, reminders of suspension of service of paid warehouses due to arrears of payment, notification of suspension of service of paid warehouses due to arrears of payment, reminders of paid warehouses and their data will be deleted, notifications of paid warehouse recovery service, and snotifications of paid warehouses and their data are deleted.

• The console login page supports switching between the Chinese station and the international station.

New Regions

• AWS US West (Oregon)

Improvements

• For operations that will cause tariff changes (including: new cluster, cluster resize, and cluster scaling), add a second confirmation.

• The organization management function supports organization ID (unique identifier) and setting duplicate organization names.

• Data query function is enhanced.

• The entrance position of the access control function is adjusted, and it is moved from the warehouse operation area to the user operation area.

• The console interface has been revised and optimized, and the overall layout and UI components have been unified and standardized.

August 31, 2022

New Features

• Supports SaaS mode, that is, both the cluster and the management and control platform are deployed in the SelectDB VPC.

• The connection module is independent from cluster management, and supports public network connection and private network connection access, and private network connection supports AWS PrivateLink.

• Supports cloud disk storage.

• The cluster adds the "Trial" free trial node size.

• Supports the On-Demand billing method, and charge for the overall resources of the cluster.

• Both in-site notification function and email notification function support reminders of upcoming arrears, notifications of suspension of services due to arrears, reminders of imminent deletion of data, notifications of cluster recovery service, and notifications of cluster release and data deletion.

Improvements

• Console interface revision and optimization, including: new cluster, cluster details, cluster upgrade, cluster resize, cluster scaling, cluster deletion, billing overview, billing help, purchase Units, historical orders, etc.

• The metering and billing page is split into a usage page and a billing center page. The usage page remains in the navigation bar of the cluster operation area, and the entrance to the billing center page is moved to the user operation area.

• Removes the function of AK&SK authorization of customer cloud account.

July 5, 2022

New Features

• Supports hybrid mode, that is, the cluster is deployed in the customer VPC, and the management and control platform is deployed in the SelectDB VPC.

• Supports basic functions such as cluster management, data query, performance monitoring, access control, AK&SK authorization of customer cloud account, and metering and billing.

• Supports the On-Demand billing method, and only charge value-added service fees.

New Cloud Platforms

• AWS

New Regions

• AWS US East (N. Virginia)