E.8. Release Notes for Tantor SE 15.6.0#

E.8. Release Notes for Tantor SE 15.6.0

E.8. Release Notes for Tantor SE 15.6.0

Release date: 2024-03-18

E.8.1. Additional Supplied Modules

The following modules have been updated:

  • pg_partman updated from version 4.7.3 to 5.0.1

  • pg_cron updated from version 1.4.1 to 1.6.2

  • credcheck updated from version 2.3 to 2.6

  • orafce updated from version 4.0.0 to 4.9.0

  • hypopg updated from version 1.3.1 to 1.4.0

E.8.2. DBMS Core Functionality

The following changes have been made to improve the DBMS:

  • Changes made to improve DBMS performance with a large number of concurrent connections.

  • Implemented a thread pool for autonomous transactions, which speeds up the creation of autonomous transactions.

  • Extended the use of SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) for several linear search functions.

  • Unified the version of libzstd.

E.8.3. Migration to version 15.6.0

When upgrading within the current major version and edition, install Tantor SE 15.6.0 and restart the database server with command:

systemctl restart tantor-se-server-15

To migrate from PostgreSQL or Tantor DB, first install the latest minor version and then perform a data dump/restore using pg_dumpall, or use the pg_upgrade utility.