Aerospike has released version 5.0 of its database, which includes new features such as multi-site clustering and upgraded Cross Datacenter Replication (XDR). Multi-site clustering allows nodes in a cluster to be geographically distributed while maintaining strong consistency and low-latency reads. XDR has been improved with new options, higher performance, and greater configuration flexibility, making it easier to propagate updates between two or more Aerospike clusters. These features enable new use cases such as globally available systems-of-record and support for distributed financial transactions.