What's New in GigaSpaces Version 16.3
Release Date: April 27, 2023
This page describes product changes, along with new features and functionality for GigaSpaces release 16.3.
Introducing SpaceDeck
SpaceDeck, GigaSpaces new User Interface, is now fully available for use in our Smart DIH product via Kubernetes installation.
SpaceDeck is an intuitive, streamlined user interface to manage and control the GigaSpaces environment.
Using SpaceDeck, you can define the tools to bring legacy System of Record (SoR) databases into the in-memory data grid that is the core of the GigaSpaces system.
For Smart DIH SpaceDeck does not yet cover all functionality. Our Ops Manager UI is still used to manage certain functionality. SpaceDeck is initially available for SmartDIH installations on Kubernetes
, and will be extended in future releases to eventually replace the older UIs.
SpaceDeck includes the following features:
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Spaces: displays status, monitoring and resource usage of Spaces and related partitions.
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Data Sources: specifies the data source that will be used to provide data in a data pipeline.
Data Pipeline: displays data pipeline details such as monitoring, source table/s in the System of Record, resulting Object in GigaSpaces, and parameters of the data connection. Also allows quick one-click creation of new data pipelines.
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Data Query: querying the data using SQL commands, supporting full ANSI SQL-99 syntax.
Data Integration (DI) Layer
Introducing the Data Integration (DI) layer, which is a vital part of the Digital Integration Hub (DIH) platform. DI is the gateway for incoming data into the Data Integration Hub (DIH) system. This is deployed via Kubernetes only. The DI components are delivered as part of the GigaSpaces DIH Package. DI contains four components which are responsible for reading and analyzing Kafka messages and for pushing them into the Space
. DI is responsible for a wide range of data integration tasks as ingesting data in batches or streaming data changes. DI integrates with Oracle and MSSQL databases. It also contains the IBM Infosphere Data Replication (IIDR
) which is a connector engine for data pipelines.
SQL Over Nested Objects Search
Our JDBC V3 now allows querying complex objects (hierarchical objects) using our standard extended SQL. This extended SQL lets the user refer to document or POJO fields in different levels of hierarchy, within arrays and Java collections, from a standard SQL query.
Smart DIH Installation via Kubernetes
GigaSpaces Smart DIH can now be easily installed on a Kubernetes cluster. Smart DIH is built as a Kubernetes native platform which leverages Kubernetes strengths such as scalability, smart orchestration, easy cloud deployment. All three layers of SmartDIH - from the DI (Data Integration), through to the in-memory data grid (IMDG
), and the data services - are built as multi-pod platforms that allow native Kubernetes installation, orchestration and scale. The full Smart DIH package is delivered as one Kubernetes Umbrella that can be deployed on any Kubernetes cluster.
For more information visit the Smart DIH Orchestration: Kubernetes and Smart DIH Kubernetes Installation pages.
XAP & Smart DIH - New Features
Our Kubernetes support has been enhanced to support more features, adapt to cloud deployments, and extend the Custom Resource Definition of a PU (Processing Unit
). For more information about these features, please contact our customer support team.
These feature enhancements include:
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Handling in-memory space backups using zone topology
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Allowing the setting of additional custom resources next to the PU, without overriding the PU state
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Handling Helm install upgrade and delete abnormal scenarios
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Aligning to Kubernetes concepts by streamline usage of properties, probes etc
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Recovery from inconsistent and erroneous state of workloads by introducing timeouts and recovery flows
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Enhancing Tiered storage
configuration