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AuraDB v4 to newest (v5): Migration readiness available
Neo4j Aura are pleased to announce the general availability of the
Migration Readiness
tool for AuraDB v4
customers. This tool will allow you to analyze your existing v4 workloads for compatibility with the newest (v5) version of Aura so you can implement any changes in readiness for the migration.We recommend that you plan to migrate onto the newest version of Aura to get the benefits of the new release. The features include:-
- New block storage format for better performance
- Parallel runtime for faster execution of analytical workloads
- Vector indices for semantic search & vector embeddings for GenAI use cases
- GQL improvements, including graph pattern matching for improved Cypher queries
- Attribute based access control gives fine grained security for read and traverse on property values
- Change Data Capture for data integration patterns
- Larger instance sizes
- Secondaries for read scalability
- And more…
AuraDB instances running v4 will soon have a new notification on the instance card in the console, advising that migration is recommended:-
New Aura Console
Follow the link to open the migration readiness report, where you can see the history of query execution and detected migration action items.
Select the time range (max. 24 hours) for analysis, and use the buttons to fetch deprecation logs. This will show details of the queries where amendment is required prior to migrating to the newest version. You can click the magnifier to see details, apply filters and link out to the query log analyzer.
Fetch deprecation logs can apply filters too
Clicking the magnifier provides details of the issue and resolution
You can also perform analysis of drivers and applications used to connect to your AuraDB v4 instance, and see which ones (if any) require an upgrade as part of migration.
Further details can be found in the documentation.
This tool is
free to use
and does not impact the operation of your database. We suggest you try it out to get an idea of how much preparation would be needed to be ready to migrate to the newest release of Aura and take advantage of the great new features. Once there are no detected issues, you can follow the documentation here to migrate your AuraDB instance.We look forward to welcoming you on to the newest release of AuraDB as part of your migration, where you can take advantage of all the new features this offers.