Invitation to participate in the Private Preview program of Online Archive on GCP

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To all Atlas Online Archive users,

We are extending an invitation to participate in the Private Preview program of Online Archive on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in September 2024. If you are interested, you can fill out the form here.

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions about this new feature of Online Archive we are planning to release:

What is Online Archive on GCP? What is new about this feature?

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Right now, users can utilize AWS or Azure as the default cloud provider for Online Archive, meaning even if a cluster is on GCP, the storage for Online Archive would default to AWS or Azure. With our recent updates, we are excited to announce that Online Archive will soon be available on GCP. This means that for any clusters where the cloud provider is GCP, the storage service will reside on GCP. From a feature perspective, existing functionalities will remain unchanged.

What GCP regions will Online Archive support?

  • The feature will launch with support for us-central1 (Iowa) and europe-west1 (Belgium)
  • We have no plans to support additional GCP regions at this time.

If I participate in the Private Preview Program, will there be changes to my existing archives?

  • No, existing archives will not change based on participating in this program.
  • During the Private Preview phase: Only new archives created in the “Private Preview enabled projects” will utilize GCP as the storage service, while existing archives and newly created archives in other projects will continue to use AWS or Azure as the storage service.
  • After GA: When the feature becomes GA, all newly created archives in any project will utilize GCP as the archive if the cluster is on GCP.

What features will not be supported during the Private Preview of the Online Archive on GCP but will be added later?

  • The features that will not be supported during the Private Preview and are planned to be added later include:
    • Federated Database Instances (e.g., querying Google Cloud Storage buckets)
    • $out to Google Cloud Storage
    • GCP Private Service Connect support

Are there any additional costs associated with the Private Preview Program?

  • No. The standard archival pricing applies.

What are the timelines for this feature?

  • Private Preview: September 2024
  • GA Timelines: To be decided based on customers’ feedback and usage.

Are there any constraints or prerequisites for the Private Preview Program?

  • We will enable Private Preview for OA on DLS in your non-production environment. We do not recommend a production environment as the Private Preview phase can have bug fixes/ improvements. We will support you throughout the Private Preview phase and will provide fixes/resolutions for any issues. Hence, we recommend testing in your DEV or QA environments. After finishing the testing, please delete the archives that were created for testing purposes.

How can you participate in the Private Preview Program?

  • Please fill out the form here. We need a link to your project to turn on Private Preview. Once turned on, all newly created archives in your designated project will incorporate the benefits of the new feature.

I do not have any existing Online Archives (or not an existing user), but I would like to know more. Can I still participate in the Private Preview Program?