Greenplum Database 4.0 - Critical Mass Innovation

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Greenplum Database 4.0, a major release of Greenplum's industry-leading massively parallel processing (MPP) database product, is the culmination of more than seven years of development. Already regarded as the most scalable mission-critical analytical database and in use at more than 100 leading enterprises worldwide, in this new release, Greenplum Database 4.0 raises the bar with numerous powerful features and enhancements.

What's New in Greenplum Database 4.0

Dynamic Query Prioritization

Extends Greenplum's Advanced Workload Management with patent-pending technology that provides continuous real-time balancing of the resources of the entire cluster across all running queries. Gives DBAs the controls they need to meet workload SLAs in complex mixed-workload environments.

Self-Healing Fault Tolerance

Traditional MPP database fault-tolerance techniques were suitable for environments with less than 100 servers, but TCO increased dramatically beyond that scale. Greenplum's new fault-tolerance capabilities provide intelligent fault detection and fast online differential recovery, lowering TCO and allowing cloud-scale systems with the highest levels of availability.

Polymorphic Data Storage-MultiStorage/SSSSD Support

Greenplum Database 3.3 introduced Polymorphic Data Storage™, including tunable compression and support for both row- and column-oriented storage within a database. With Greenplum Database 4.0, this capability is extended to allow the placement of data on specific storage types, such as SSD media or NAS archival stores.

Analytics and Language Enhancements

Support for PL/Java, and optimized C and Java function support for Greenplum MapReduce.

Performance Enhancements

A range of enhancements, including faster single-row operations (select, update, insert, and delete) and index access methods for columnar and AO table types.

Health Monitoring and Alerting

Provides email and SNMP notification in the case of any event needing IT attention.

Other advancements in Greenplum Database 4.0 include a fast parallel data-out capability, as well as a wide range of minor enhancements and optimizations.

Download the datasheet for Greenplum Database 4.0 here.

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