Tair (Redis® OSS-Compatible):Release notes

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Feature enhancement

Cloud-native instances support manual bandwidth adjustment.

2023-11-23

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Manually increase instance bandwidth

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New feature

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) introduces the Version Management Center. This feature lets you view the version status of each instance, check if it is the latest version, and more. You can also use this feature to update instance versions or configure automatic update policies.

2023-10-16

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Update the minor version and proxy version

Feature enhancement

The billing method for bandwidth upgrades is changed to pay-as-you-go.

2023-10-16

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[Notice] The billing method for bandwidth upgrades is changed to pay-as-you-go

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Feature enhancement

Tair (Enterprise Edition) persistent memory-optimized instances support the audit log feature.

2023-09-11

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Audit log

Feature enhancement

Cloud disk instances support major version upgrades.

2023-09-05

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Major version upgrade

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Feature enhancement

2023-06-21

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Enable TLS encryption

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New feature

The TLS encryption feature is available.

2023-05-24

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Enable TLS encryption

New feature

Redis 7.0 Community Edition cloud disk instances with cluster and read/write splitting architectures are released.

2023-05-17

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• Procedure

• New features and compatibility of major versions

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Feature enhancement

The virtual private cloud (VPC) or vSwitch of a cloud disk-based instance can be changed.

2023-04-03

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Change the VPC or vSwitch

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Feature enhancement

2023-03-02

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Restore data by time point

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Feature enhancement

Cloud disk instances support the Service Availability feature.

2023-02-21

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• Manually perform a primary/secondary switchover

• Restart or rebuild a proxy node

Feature enhancement

Cloud disk instances support switching between standard architecture and cluster architecture (proxy mode) during upgrades or downgrades.

2023-02-16

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Change instance configurations

Feature enhancement

Cloud disk instances support converting the billing method between subscription and pay-as-you-go.

2023-02-09

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• Convert to subscription

• Convert to pay-as-you-go

Feature enhancement

Offline Key Analysis can be used to analyze historical backup files.

2023-02-07

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Offline full key analysis

New feature

You can create pay-as-you-go Redis cloud disk instances.

2023-02-01

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Procedure

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New feature

You can create single-replica instances for Tair cloud disk and Redis cloud disk editions.

2023-01-18

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Create an instance

New feature

You can create pay-as-you-go Tair cloud disk instances.

2023-01-03

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Create an instance

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New feature

The instance Connection Diagnostics feature is released.

2022-12-01

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Connection diagnostics

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Feature enhancement

Synchronization mode can be changed to semi-synchronous in the console for persistent memory-optimized instances.

2022-11-18

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Change the synchronization mode of a Tair (Enterprise Edition) instance

New feature

Tair (Enterprise Edition) cloud disk (ESSD) instances support ESSD PL2 and ESSD PL3 storage classes. You can create instances with a storage capacity of 6 TB.

2022-11-14

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Disk-based instance types

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Feature enhancement

Latency Insight is renamed as Latency Insights.

2022-10-14

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Latency insight

New feature

Tair (Enterprise Edition) releases memory-optimized instances that are compatible with Redis 6.0. These instances are compatible with Redis open source community version 6.2 and Tair's self-developed data structures.

2022-10-13

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• Tair minor version release log

• Create an instance

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New feature

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) supports querying the parameter modification history of an instance.

2022-09-01

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Query parameter modification history

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New feature

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) releases the cloud disk read/write splitting architecture. Each read-only node in this architecture provides disaster recovery. You can customize the number of read replicas (1 to 5). The cloud disk read/write splitting architecture offers lower prices for the same performance.

2022-08-26

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Read/write splitting

Feature enhancement

In the Tair product, Enhanced is renamed to Memory-optimized, and Storage-optimized is renamed to Cloud Disk (ESSD). The name Persistent Memory-optimized remains unchanged.

2022-08-09

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• Memory-optimized

• Persistent memory-optimized

• Disk-based

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New feature

Tair (Enterprise Edition) persistent memory-optimized cluster instances support minor version updates.

2022-07-29

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Update the minor version and proxy version

New feature

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) supports exporting and importing instance parameter configuration files.

2022-07-05

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Set parameters

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New feature

Tair (Enterprise Edition) disk-based instances support passwordless access in a VPC.

2022-06-09

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Enable passwordless access in a VPC

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New feature

Redis Open-Source Edition 7.0 cloud disk instances are released.

2022-05-27

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• Procedure

• New features and compatibility of major versions

New feature

Alibaba Cloud International Website (www.alibabacloud.com) supports the creation of Redis Open-Source Edition 5.0 and 6.0 cloud disk instances.

2022-05-27

South Korea (Seoul)

• Create an instance

• New features and compatibility of major versions

• Comparison between cloud-native and classic instances

New feature

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) cloud disk instances support the recycle bin. The recycle bin displays expired, overdue, and released Redis instances. You can renew and unlock, recreate, or permanently destroy these instances in the recycle bin.

2022-05-05

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Recycle bin

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New feature

DTS fully supports Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) cloud disk instances. You can use DTS to migrate and synchronize instance data.

2022-04-21

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• Data migration

• Data synchronization

New feature

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) cloud disk instances support the creation of a cluster architecture with proxies (proxy nodes). Proxies facilitate architecture conversion, support load balancing and routing, and enable the use of multiple databases (DBs) in a cluster architecture.

2022-04-21

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Tair Proxy features

New region

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) cloud disk instances are available for purchase in the South Korea (Seoul) region.

2022-04-14

South Korea (Seoul)

None

New feature

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) cloud disk instances support restoring from backup data and cloning databases.

2022-04-07

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Restore from a backup set

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New feature

The Latency Insight feature of CloudDBA can collect latency statistics for all commands and custom special events of a Redis database, providing latency times with microsecond precision.

2022-03-24

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Latency insight

New feature

TairSearch is a full-text search module developed in-house based on Redis Module (not based on open source search libraries such as Lucene). It uses a query syntax similar to Elasticsearch (ES-LIKE).

2022-03-11

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Search

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New feature

TairCpc is a data structure developed based on the Compressed Probability Counting (CPC) compression algorithm. It supports high-performance computing on sample data while using a very small amount of memory.

2022-02-25

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Cpc

New feature

TairTS is a time series data structure developed based on Redis Module. It provides low-latency, high-concurrency memory read and write access, along with fast filtering and aggregate query functions. It integrates storage and computing, simplifying the process of handling time series data while significantly improving performance.

2022-02-18

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TS

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Add a zone

New zones are available:

• Zone J in China (Beijing)

• Zone B in Indonesia (Jakarta)

• Zone B in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

2022-01-27

• China (Beijing)

• Indonesia (Jakarta)

• Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

None

New feature

The Redis Overview page supports exporting a global instance list. You can export a complete list of all instances under your current account at once, or export a filtered list by region or zone.

2022-01-05

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Global instance overview

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New feature

The Redis Overview page is released. It displays a global instance dashboard, resource distribution, scheduled events, and the latest product features and help documents.

2021-11-24

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Global instance overview

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New feature

Tair (Redis OSS-compatible) Tair (Enterprise Edition) persistent memory cluster instances support Proxy. Proxy enables architecture conversion, allowing you to use a cluster instance as if it were a standard instance. You can migrate data from a standard instance to a cluster instance with a proxy without modifying your code, which significantly reduces business transformation costs.

2021-10-20

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Tair Proxy features

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New feature

TairRoaring is a data structure developed on top of Roaring bitmaps of Tair. TairRoaring uses two-level indexes and introduces multiple dynamic containers. TairRoaring also adopts optimization methods such as single instruction, multiple data (SIMD), vectorization, and popcount to provide less memory consumption and deliver higher computing efficiency for collections.

2021-09-13

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TairRoaring

New feature

The bandwidth auto scaling feature is supported. After you enable this feature, it monitors the average bandwidth usage in real time and automatically increases or decreases the bandwidth based on the configured policies. This helps you easily handle sudden or planned traffic peaks and focus on your business.

2021-09-07

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Enable bandwidth auto scaling

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New feature

Tair (Enterprise Edition) memory-optimized instances support transparent data encryption (TDE). TDE can encrypt and decrypt RDB data files to enhance data security and meet compliance requirements.

2021-08-27

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Enable transparent data encryption (TDE)

Enhanced cloud disk instance features

Tair (Enterprise Edition) persistent memory-optimized instances support passwordless access in a VPC. After you enable passwordless access, clients within the same VPC can connect to the Redis instance without a password. Connections using a username and password are still supported.

2021-08-16

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Enable passwordless access in a VPC

Enhanced scheduled event feature

You can perform immediate, scheduled, or periodic batch switchovers for scheduled events.

2021-08-05

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View and manage scheduled events

Enhanced instance features

Tair (Enterprise Edition) supports visual management of Redis databases through Data Management Service (DMS). You do not need to install a client, which helps you manage Redis databases quickly and efficiently.

2021-08-04

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Connect to an instance using DMS

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New product

Tair (Enterprise Edition) persistent memory-optimized product is released. Based on persistent memory technology, it provides native command-level persistence and is compatible with most Redis data structures and APIs. It is suitable for large-capacity warm data storage and query scenarios that require lower costs (down to 70% of Redis Community Edition) and higher performance (read/write throughput is 90% of Redis Community Edition).

2021-07-27

China (Hangzhou)

China (Shanghai)

China (Beijing)

China (Zhangjiakou)

Persistent memory-optimized

Publishing a new product

Tair (Enterprise Edition) storage-optimized product is released. It is based on Alibaba Cloud ESSD cloud disk technology, provides native command-level persistence, and is compatible with core Redis data structures and APIs. It is suitable for ultra-low-cost (down to 15% of Redis Community Edition), ultra-large-capacity, and warm/cold data storage and query scenarios with some performance trade-offs.

2021-07-27

China (Hangzhou)

China (Shanghai)

China (Beijing)

China (Zhangjiakou)

Disk-based

New feature

The Key Analysis feature is supported. It can display real-time information about big keys and hot keys in an instance, and also lets you view historical information of big keys and hot keys from the last four days. This helps you understand memory usage by keys and key access frequency, providing data to support your optimization operations.

2021-07-16

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Top Key statistics

New feature

The self-developed TairZset data structure is supported. It allows sorting by double-type scores in any dimension, improving data processing efficiency. Client adaptation is simple and requires no encoding or decoding encapsulation.

2021-07-14

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TairZset

New feature

The data flashback feature of Tair (Enterprise Edition) memory-optimized instances lets you restore data for a specified key to a specific point in time with second-level granularity. This provides more fine-grained data restoration, minimizes data loss from accidental operations, and protects your business data.

2021-07-07

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Restore data by time point

New feature

ApsaraDB for Redis introduces the bandwidth adjustment feature, helping you easily handle sudden or planned traffic peaks and focus on your business.

2021-07-06

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Manually increase instance bandwidth

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Publish a new product

The Global Distributed Cache product is released. This is a multi-active database system developed in-house based on ApsaraDB for Redis. It provides geo-replication capabilities for geo-disaster recovery and active-active deployments, helping you resolve issues with high latency caused by cross-region access.

2021-06-18

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Global Distributed Cache

New feature

ApsaraDB for Redis introduces the audit log feature based on Alibaba Cloud Simple Log Service (SLS). This feature provides log query, online analysis, and export functions, helping you stay informed about product security and performance at all times.

2021-06-11

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Audit log

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Enhanced encryption capabilities

You can enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption for ApsaraDB for Redis instances using Terraform to enhance security.

2021-05-17

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Set SSL encryption

Terraform settings

New feature

ApsaraDB for Redis adds the proxy query cache feature. After you enable this feature, the proxy node caches requests and responses for hot keys. When the same request is received, the proxy node directly returns the result to the client, which better mitigates access skew issues caused by hot keys.

2021-05-14

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OpenAPI

The CreateInstance API for ApsaraDB for Redis adds the following parameters to support more features:

• Port: Sets the service port of the instance.

• Tag.N.Key and Tag.N.Value: Set the tag information for the instance.

• DryRun: Specifies whether to perform a precheck for the instance creation operation.

2021-05-12

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CreateInstance

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Enhanced performance monitoring feature

To optimize the display and response speed of monitoring metrics in the performance monitoring feature and improve user experience, ApsaraDB for Redis has upgraded its performance monitoring feature. For more information, see [Notice] ApsaraDB for Redis Performance Monitoring Feature Upgrade.

2021-04-09

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View performance monitoring

Monitoring metrics

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New feature

ApsaraDB for Redis supports the diagnostic report feature. This helps you assess the health of your instance from multiple aspects, such as performance level, access skew, and slow query logs, to quickly locate abnormalities.

2021-03-10

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Diagnose an instance

Interpret an instance diagnostic report

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New feature

Redis instances support changing the VPC or vSwitch, enabling high-speed interconnection between ECS instances and Redis instances.

2021-02-26

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Change the VPC or vSwitch

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Publishing a new product

The Global Distributed Cache product for Redis is released. This is a multi-active database system developed in-house based on ApsaraDB for Redis. It provides geo-replication capabilities for geo-disaster recovery and active-active deployments, helping you resolve issues with high latency caused by cross-region access.

2020-12-04

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Global Distributed Cache

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Enhanced cloud disk instance features

Redis cloud disk instances support modifying the endpoint and port.

2020-11-19

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Modify the endpoint or port

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New feature

The pending events and historical events features are released. You can query the details of O&M events for Redis instances (such as event type, notes, and involved instances). You can also manually modify the scheduled switchover time.

2020-10-23

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Query historical events

View and manage scheduled events

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New task progress display

The progress bar chart feature is released. When you perform time-consuming operations in the console, you can click the icon in the upper-right corner to view task progress, estimated time, and other related information.

2020-09-24

All

None

Enhanced parameter settings

The restrictions on disabled commands for the #no_loose_disabled-commands parameter are optimized, and more Redis commands are now available.

2020-09-23

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• Disable high-risk commands

• Set parameters

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Enhanced slow query log

The slow query log for Tair (Enterprise Edition) cluster instances can display the client's IP address, making it easier to locate issues.

2020-08-28

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Query slow query logs

Enhanced monitoring metrics

To improve the stability and response speed of the performance monitoring feature, ApsaraDB for Redis has released performance monitoring metrics for CPU usage, memory usage, memory usage percentage, and total number of keys.

2020-08-11

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• Monitoring metrics

• View performance monitoring

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Data flashback feature released

Tair (Enterprise Edition) enhanced performance instances support the data flashback feature. You can restore Redis data to any point in time within the last seven days, which avoids data loss from accidental operations, greatly reduces O&M complexity, and protects user data in real time.

2020-07-29

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Restore data by time point

Enhanced ECS security group feature

The ECS security group feature is enhanced, removing the limit on the number of host IP addresses in an ECS security group.

2020-07-29

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Configure a whitelist

TLS version selection supported

You can select the minimum TLS version (default is TLS 1.0) based on your security, compliance, and business needs.

2020-07-28

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Set SSL encryption

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Enhanced upgrade/downgrade feature

The upgrade/downgrade capability is enhanced for scenarios where the source and destination instances have the same number of shards, providing a smoother user experience.

2020-06-30

All

None

Enhanced instance list search feature

On the instance list page, you can use the zone as a filter condition to quickly find instances in the target zone.

2020-06-30

All

None

Enhanced endpoint modification feature

Modifying the endpoint of a classic network is supported.

2020-06-30

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Modify the endpoint or port

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Redis 6.0 version released

Redis 6.0 improves in several key areas. It supports the new Redis protocol RESP3, uses multi-threaded processing for network requests to improve performance, and fixes several bugs from previous versions.

2020-05-07

All

New features and compatibility of major versions

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Primary/secondary switchover

Manual primary/secondary switchover is supported.

2020-04-24

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Manually perform a primary/secondary switchover

Enhanced instance restart feature

You can choose whether to update the minor version when restarting an instance.

2020-04-24

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Restart an instance

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Proxy restart

You can manually restart or rebuild a proxy server.

2020-03-27

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Restart or rebuild a proxy node

Proxy upgrade

Manual hot upgrade of the proxy server is supported.

2020-03-27

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Upgrade a proxy node

Release classic network endpoint

You can manually release the classic network endpoint of a Redis instance in a VPC.

2020-03-20

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Release a classic network endpoint

Clone cluster instance

You can use a backup file to clone a Redis cluster instance.

2020-03-20

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Backup and recovery

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Audit log

The audit log feature is released.

2020-02-29

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Audit log

Increased number of security groups in whitelist

The number of security groups that can be set in a Redis whitelist is increased to 10.

2020-02-28

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Add a security group

Zhangjiakou Zone C

Zhangjiakou Zone C is available.

2020-02-13

China (Zhangjiakou)

None

Zhangjiakou Zone B

Zhangjiakou Zone B is available.

2020-02-07

China (Zhangjiakou)

None

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Multi-threaded proxy

The Redis proxy server supports multithreading, which improves processing performance, reduces the number of proxies in large-scale clusters, and enhances product stability.

2020-01-10

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None

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Hangzhou Zone I

Hangzhou Zone I is available.

2019-12-31

China (Hangzhou)

None

AOF persistence switch

You can enable or disable the AOF persistence feature for a Redis instance.

2019-12-23

All

Disable AOF

Beijing Zone H

Beijing Zone H is available.

2019-12-20

China (Beijing)

None

Qingdao Multi-zone B+C

Qingdao Multi-zone B+C is available.

2019-12-17

China (Qingdao)

None

Tair (Enterprise Edition)

A new version of ApsaraDB for Redis is released: Tair (Enterprise Edition). Compared to the ApsaraDB for Redis Community Edition (the original version), Tair (Enterprise Edition) supports stronger performance, more data structures, and more flexible storage methods.

2019-12-09

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Tair (Enterprise Edition)

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Purge expired keys

One-click purging of expired keys in a Redis instance.

2019-11-30

All

Purge data

Resource group

You can create Redis instances in a resource group for easy management by resource group.

2019-11-30

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Create a resource in a resource group

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Port number modification

You can modify the port number of a Redis endpoint.

2019-06-30

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Modify the endpoint or port

Public IP address

You can request a public endpoint and attach it to a Redis instance to access Redis over the Internet.

2019-06-30

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Connect to an instance using a public endpoint

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Tag Management

You can attach tags to Redis instances for easy data classification when you have many instances.

2019-05-14

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Create a tag

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Enhanced Performance Edition

A new performance type is added: Enhanced Performance. You can create enhanced performance Redis instances, which effectively improve the processing capability of a single Redis node, with a QPS three times that of the community edition.

2019-04-27

All

Memory-optimized

Whitelist supports loading ECS internal IP addresses

On the whitelist modification page, you can directly select the internal IP addresses of existing ECS instances.

2019-04-27

All

Step 2: Configure a whitelist

Redis 5.0

Redis 5.0 is released, bringing a new Stream data type, several kernel modifications, and a new caching experience.

2019-04-20

All

New features and compatibility of major versions

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Cross-zone migration

One-click migration of a Redis instance to another zone in the same region.

2019-02-28

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Change the zone of an instance

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Cache analysis

Initiate cache analysis automatically or manually based on a snapshot to detect big keys.

2019-01-31

All

Offline full key analysis

Temporary bandwidth adjustment

You can temporarily adjust the instance bandwidth to twice the default value.

2019-01-31

All

Manually increase instance bandwidth

Indonesia Multi-zone A+B

Indonesia (Jakarta) Multi-zone A+B is available.

2019-01-17

Indonesia (Jakarta)

None

Hangzhou Multi-zone H+I

Hangzhou Multi-zone H+I is available.

2019-01-10

China (Hangzhou)

None