The HBase team is happy to announce the immediate availability of HBase 2.6.1.
Apache HBase™ is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational database.
Apache HBase gives you low latency random access to billions of rows with
millions of columns atop non-specialized hardware. To learn more about HBase,
see https://hbase.apache.org/.
HBase 2.6.1 is the first minor release in the HBase 2.6.x line, which aims to
improve the stability and reliability of HBase. This release includes roughly
130 resolved issues not covered by previous 2.x releases. This means that it's
particularly large as HBase patch releases go.
Notable improvements include:
- A new Dual File Compaction algorithm in HBASE-25972
- Reliability improvements related to Master procedure execution
- Bug fixes and enhancements to the new Backup & Restore feature
- Bug fixes and improvements throughout the system
The full list of issues can be found in the included CHANGES.md and RELEASENOTES.md,
or via our issue tracker:
https://s.apache.org/hbase-2.6.1-jira
To download please follow the links and instructions on our website:
https://hbase.apache.org/downloads.html
Questions, comments, and problems are always welcome at: dev@hbase.apache.org.
Thanks to all who contributed and made this release possible.
Cheers,
The HBase Dev Team