RisingWave Newsletter July 2024

Welcome to the July edition of the RisingWave Newsletter! For more information on product updates, the latest docs, blogs, and upcoming events scroll below.?

RisingWave Cloud

• RisingWave cloud services can now be deployed through Azure. Learn more about how to get started here.?
• CA certificates for BYOC environments have been updated. Learn more about what this change entails here.
• New source connector wizards have been introduced. This allows users to easily ingest data from a source without SQL statements. More details about what new wizards were introduced can be found here.

RisingWave Database

• A CREATE SECRET command was introduced to store credentials securely. Now admins can create secrets in advance, allowing team members to reference them using secret identifiers.
• The file_scan function, available experimentally, was introduced. This feature allows users to batch load Parquet files from S3 into a table, merging offline sources with event streams to create a unified view.?

• Utilize the new OpenSearch sink connector to Sink data from RisingWave to OpenSearch.
• Explore how Session windows can be used to improve your stream processing journey.
• More configuration options are now available for your custom meta store backend. See how you can Customize meta store.
• High latency may be caused by high join amplification. To rectify this issue, explore the Workaround for high join amplification.
• Optimize RisingWave performance by learning How to speed up backfilling.
• If you are running into issues when ingesting or sinking data, learn how to troubleshoot your Source and Sink.
• Check out our FAQ page and discover how RisingWave allocates memory usage.

• Highlights of RisingWave v1.10: The Open-Source Streaming Database
• Real-time flight tracking with Redpanda, RisingWave, and Metabase
• Transforming and Visualizing Live Stream Data in Jupyter Notebook
• RisingWave user-defined functions: Rust x WebAssembly

• August 1, 2024 (online): Unified Streaming and Batch Processing in RisingWave
• August 14, 2024 (San Francisco): Data Streaming & Lakehouse Night: Databricks, StreamNative, and RisingWave

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