E.12. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.2.1#

E.12. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.2.1

E.12. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.2.1 #

Release date: 2024-08-01

E.12.1. Review #

Tantor SE-1C is a Russian-made DBMS based on the updated and improved version of the PostgreSQL DBMS. Tantor SE-1C 16.2.1 is based on PostgreSQL 16.

Below are the additional modules and utilities added to Tantor SE-1C, as well as a list of changes to the server core.

E.12.2. DBMS Core Functionality #

The following changes have been made to improve the DBMS:

  • Additional meta information about the publication and assembly information has been added to the pg_controldata server application to simplify the diagnosis of possible problems.

  • The database server logs are more informative: the database start messages now contain additional diagnostic information.

  • An improvement has been added to diagnose internal database errors: the inclusion of the backtrace_on_internal_error parameter, which records a stack trace for XX000 errors.

  • Optimized the operation of the SLRU cache to improve performance.

  • The maximum size of data in table cells supported by the pg_dump module has been increased from 1 GB to 2 GB.

  • General improvements and optimization of the DBMS to improve results APDEX.

  • Changing the values of parameters that affect performance:

    • The default value of the jit parameter has been changed to off.

    • The default value of the online_analyze.table_type parameter in the online_analyze module has been changed to temporary.

  • Fixed an error when updating the pg_upgrade server instance:

    could not open source file "/var/lib/postgresql/tantor-se-1c-16/data/pg_xact/0000": No such file or directory
    

E.12.3. Additional Supplied Modules #

  • An extension for transparent anonymization of transp_anon has been added. It allows you to mask or replace confidential personal or commercially sensitive data in the database.

  • A number of improvements have been made to the pg_stat_statements extension to optimize the operation of Tantor Planform.

  • Improved pgauditlogtofile extension:

    • Version updated to 1.6.2.

    • Added rotation by file size.

  • Added support for the Tantor pipelinedb extension, including:

    • Support for partitioning functionality has been implemented.

    • Critical segmentation errors and build warnings have been fixed.

E.12.4. Fixes for Additional Supplied Modules #

E.12.5. Additional Supplied Programs #

The pg_anon program has been improved:

  • Added support for 1C databases.

  • Multi-stage debugging mode is implemented.

  • New parameters have been added and the functionality of existing parameters has been expanded.

E.12.6. Supported Operating Systems #

The list of supported operating systems (OS) has been expanded. The full list is provided below:

  • Altlinux c9f2 (P8)

  • Altlinux p10

  • Astra Linux Common Edition 2.12

  • Astra Linux Special Edition 1.7

  • Astra Linux Special Edition 1.8

  • Astra Linux Special Edition 4.7

  • Centos 7

  • Debian 10 Buster

  • Debian 11 Bullseye

  • Debian 12 Bookworm

  • MSVSphere

  • Oracle Linux 8

  • Redos 7.3

  • Redos 8

  • Rocky 8

  • Rocky 9

  • Ubuntu 18

  • Ubuntu 20

  • Ubuntu 22

DBMS builds are created and tested for these operating systems on an ongoing basis.

Other x86-64 architecture operating systems are supported on request.

E.12.7. Migration to version 16.2.1 #

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