Product compatibility
Compatibility between different product versions and support status.
DataStax Enterprise, Apache Cassandra, CQL, and SSTable compatibility
The following tables list each supported version of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) and its
corresponding Apache Cassandra®, CQL, and SSTable versions:
End of Life (EOL) — Patches/bug fixes not available.
End of Service Life (EOSL) — Patches/bug fixes and support not available. Documentation updates are not provided.
| DataStax Enterprise (DSE) | Apache Cassandra | CQL | SSTable format note | SSTable version | sstableloader format-version | sstable upgrade & nodetool format-version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7.6+ | Compatible with 3.11 + production-certified enhancements | 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 to 6.7.5 | 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 | |
| 6.0.11+ | 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 to 6.0.10 | 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 | |
| 5.1.17+ | 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 | |
| Note Be sure to verify compatibility with the current DSE version when using nodetool upgradesstables, sstableloader, and sstableupgrade. | |||||||
Apache Cassandra, CQL, and SSTable correspondence
Note: DataStax has different documentation versions for Apache
Cassandra. For more information, see About the different doc versions of Apache Cassandra.
| Apache Cassandra | CQL | SSTable format note | SSTable version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.11.4+ | 3.3 | big | md |
| 3.9 to 3.11.3 | 3.3 | big | mc |
| 3.7 to 3.8 | 3.3 | big | mb |
| 3.1 to 3.6 | 3.3 | big | ma |
| 3.0.18+ | 3.3 | big | md |
| 3.0.8 to 3.0.17 | 3.3 | big | mc |
| 3.0.7 | 3.3 | big | mb |
| 3.0.0 to 3.0.6 | 3.3 | big | ma |
| 2.2.7+ | 3.3 | big | lb |
| 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 | 3.3 | big | la |
| 2.1 | 3.1 | big | ka |
| Note Be sure to verify compatibility with the current Cassandra version when using nodetool upgradesstables, sstableloader, and sstableupgrade. | |||
DSE End of Service Life (EOSL) compatibility
| DataStax Enterprise (version and release date) | Apache Cassandra | CQL | SSTable format note | SSTable version | sstableloader format-version | sstable upgrade & nodetool format-version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0.2+ (2016-08-15) | 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
(2016-12-05) 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 (2018-10-16) | 2.1 + enhancements | 3.1 | big | k | |||
| 4.7 (2017-10-18) | 2.1 | 3.1 | big | k | |||
| 4.6 (2016-12-28) | 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 | ||||||
| Note Be sure to verify compatibility with the current DSE version when using nodetool upgradesstables, sstableloader, and sstableupgrade. | |||||||
note Be sure to verify SSTable compatibility when using nodetool upgradesstables, sstableloader, and sstableupgrade.
DSE OpsCenter compatibility with DSE
This table lists OpsCenter compatibility for both monitored and storage
clusters (if one or more are in use).
| OpsCenter version | DSE version |
|---|---|
| 6.7 | 6.7, 6.0, 5.1 |
| 6.5 | 6.0, 5.1, 5.0 (EOL) |
| 6.1 | 5.1, 5.0 (EOL), 4.8 (EOSL) |
| 6.0 | 5.0 (EOL), 4.8 (EOSL), 4.7 (EOSL) |
Note: OpsCenter is only compatible with DataStax Enterprise
(DSE) clusters.
Studio compatibility with DSE
The following table lists Studio compatibility with DSE:
| Studio version | DSE version |
|---|---|
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 2.0 | 5.1 |
| 1.0 | 5.0 (EOL) |
DataStax driver compatibility with DSE and Apache Cassandra
DataStax Bulk Loader
The DataStax Bulk Loader (dsbulk) command line tool runs on Linux and Windows environments.
It is compatible with:
- DDAC
- DSE 6.7
- DSE 6.0
- DSE 5.1
Documentation maintenance policy
After a DataStax Enterprise version reaches end-of-service-life, other corresponding products are not supported and documentation updates are no longer provided.