Product compatibility

This page describes DataStax Enterprise, Apache Cassandra®, CQL, and SSTable compatibility.

The following tables list supported versions of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) and the corresponding Apache Cassandra, CQL, and SSTable versions.

DSE versions can be current (supported), EOL, or EOSL. When a version reaches EOL and EOSL, DataStax limits or discontinues updates:

End of Life (EOL): Patches and bug fixes aren’t available.
End of Service Life (EOSL): Patches, bug fixes, and support aren’t available. Documentation updates aren’t provided.

Current versions

Verify compatibility with the current DSE version when using nodetool upgradesstables, sstableloader, and sstableupgrade.

Current versions
DataStax Enterprise (DSE)	Apache Cassandra	CQL	SSTable format	SSTable version	sstableloader format-version	sstable upgrade and nodetool format-version
6.8.9 and later	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4.5	bti	bb	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, big-md, bti-aa, bti-ac, bti-b, bti-bb	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, big-md, bti-aa, bti-a
6.8.0 to 6.8.6	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4.5	bti	ba	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, big-md, bti-aa, bti-ac, bti-b	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, big-md, bti-aa, bti-a
5.1.21 and later	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4 + enhancements	big	me	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, big-md, big-me	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb
5.1.17 and later	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4 + enhancements	big	md	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, big-md	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb
5.1.0 to 5.1.16	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4 + enhancements	big	mc	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb, big-mc	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb

Apache Cassandra, CQL, and SSTable correspondence

DataStax has different documentation versions for Apache Cassandra. For more information, see About the different doc versions of Apache Cassandra.

Verify compatibility with the current Cassandra version when using nodetool upgradesstables, sstableloader, and sstableupgrade.

Version correspondence between Apache Cassandra, CQL, and SSTables
Apache Cassandra	CQL	SSTable format	SSTable version
3.11.11 and later	3.4	big	me
3.11.4 to 3.11.10	3.4	big	md
3.9 to 3.11.3	3.4	big	mc
3.7 to 3.8	3.4	big	mb
3.1 to 3.6	3.4	big	ma
3.0.18 and later	3.4	big	md
3.0.8 to 3.0.17	3.4	big	mc
3.0.7	3.4	big	mb
3.0.3 to 3.0.6	3.4	big	ma
3.0.0 to 3.02	3.3	big	ma
2.2.7 and later	3.3	big	lb
2.2.0 to 2.2.6	3.3	big	la
2.1	3.1	big	ka

DSE End of Service Life compatibility

The following table lists the End of Service Life (EOSL) versions of DSE.

Verify SSTable compatibility when using nodetool upgradesstables, sstableloader, and sstableupgrade.

EOSL versions
DataStax Enterprise (version and release date)	Apache Cassandra	CQL	SSTable format	SSTable version	sstableloader format-version	sstable upgrade and nodetool format-version
6.7.13 (2021-03-05) and later	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4.5 + enhancements	bti	ad	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, bti-aa, bti-ac	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc
6.7.6 (2019-10-22) to 6.7.12 (2020-10-29)	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancement	3.4.5 + enhancements	bti	ac	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, bti-aa, bti-ac	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc
6.7.0 (2018-12-05) to 6.7.5 (2019-08-26)	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4.5 + enhancements	bti	aa	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, bti-aa	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc
6.0.14 (2020-10-26) to 6.0.18 (2022-05-31)	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4 + enhancements	bti	ad	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, bti-aa, bti-ac, bti-ad	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc
6.0.11 (2019-12-10) to 6.0.13 (2020-08-26)	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4 + enhancements	bti	ac	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, bti-aa, bti-ac	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc
6.0.0 (2018-04-17) to 6.0.10 (2019-09-19)	Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements	3.4 + enhancements	bti	aa	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc, bti-aa	big-ma, big-mb, big-mc
5.0.2 (2016-08-15) to 5.0.15 (2018-11-07)	Compatible with 3.0 + production-certified enhancements	3.3	big	mc	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb, big-mc	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb
5.0.0 (2016-06-28) to 5.0.1 (2016-07-07)	Compatible with 3.0 + production-certified enhancements	3.3	big	mb	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb	big-ka, big-ma, big-mb
4.8 (2015-09-23) to 4.8.16 (2018-04-24)	2.1 + enhancements	3.1	big	k
4.7 (2015-05-17) to 4.7.9 (2016-08-01)	2.1	3.1	big	k
4.6 (2014-12-02) to 4.6.13 (2016-08-18)	2.0	3.1	big	j
4.5 (2016-06-29)	2.0	3.1
4.0 (2016-02-25)	2.0	3.1
3.2 (2015-11-13)	1.2	3.0
3.1 (2015-07-08)	1.2	3.0
3.0 (2015-02-25)	1.1
2.2 (2014-10-04)	1.1
2.1 (2014-07-23)	1.0

DSE OpsCenter compatibility with DSE

The following table lists OpsCenter compatibility for both monitored and storage clusters (if one or more are in use).

OpsCenter is only compatible with DSE clusters.

OpsCenter compatibility for monitored and storage clusters
OpsCenter version	DSE version
6.8.39 and later	6.9, 6.8, 6.7 (EOSL), 6.0 (EOSL), 5.1
6.8.4 - 6.8.38	6.8, 6.7 (EOSL), 6.0 (EOSL), 5.1
6.8 - 6.8.3	6.8, 6.7 (EOSL), 6.0 (EOSL)
6.7 (EOSL)	6.7 (EOSL), 6.0 (EOSL), 5.1
6.5 (EOSL)	6.0 (EOSL), 5.1, 5.0 (EOSL)
6.1 (EOSL)	5.1, 5.0 (EOSL), 4.8 (EOSL)
6.0 (EOSL)	5.0 (EOSL), 4.8 (EOSL), 4.7 (EOSL)

Studio compatibility with DSE

The following table lists Studio compatibility with DSE:

Studio version	DSE version
6.8	6.8
6.7	6.7 (EOSL)
6.0	6.0 (EOSL)
2.0	5.1
1.0	5.0 (EOSL)

DataStax driver compatibility with DSE and Apache Cassandra

See Version compatibility.

The DataStax Bulk Loader is supported on Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows platforms. Using dsbulk commands, you can load and unload CSV and JSON files to and from the following supported databases:

DataStax Astra DB databases
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 4.7 and later databases
Open source Apache Cassandra® 2.1 and later databases

Documentation maintenance policy

After a DataStax Enterprise version reaches EOSL, corresponding products aren’t supported and documentation updates aren’t provided.