This post almost didn’t happen. I got an email notice about this release and when I went to the web page “version,” every link pointed to the 29 February 2012 webinar on Riak 1.1. If the term was “webinar” or “Riak 1.1,” multiple times.
So I go to the Basho website, this is big news. Nothing on the blog. There is an image on the homepage if you know which one to choose.
Finally, I went to company -> news -> “Basho Unveils New Graphical Operations Dashboard, Diagnostics with Release of Riak 1.1.”
OK, not the best headline but at least you know you have arrived at the right place.
Tip: Don’t make news about your product or company hard to find. (KISS4S – Keep it simple stupid for stupids)
After getting there I find:
Riak 1.1 boosts data synchronization performance for multi-data center deployments, provides operating system and
installation diagnostics and improves operational control for very large clusters. Riak 1.1 delivers a range of new
features and improvements including:
- Riak Control, a completely open source and intuitive administrative console for managing, monitoring and interfacing with Riak clusters
- Riaknostic, an open source, proactive diagnostic suite for detecting common configuration and runtime problems
- Enhanced error logging and reporting
- Improved resiliency for large clusters
- Automatic data compression using the Snappy compression library
Additionally, Riak EDS (Enterprise Data Store), Basho’s commercial
distribution based on Riak, features major enhancements, primarily for multi-data center replication:
- Introduction of bucket-level replication, adding more granularity and robustness
- Various distinct data center synchronization options are now available, each optimized for different use cases
- Significant improvement of data synchronization across multiple data centers
“The 1.1 release is focused on simplifying life for developers and administrators. Basho’s new Riak Control and
Riaknostic components move Riak open source forward, providing an easy and intuitive way to diagnose, manage and
monitor Riak platforms,” said Don Rippert, CEO, Basho. “While Riak Control was originally part of Basho’s commercial
offering, we decided to release the code as part of Riak 1.1 to reinforce our commitment to the open source community.”
The notice was worth hunting for and the release looks very interesting.
As added incentive, you can get free Riak/Basho stickers. I think sew on patches would be good as well. Instead of biker jacket you could have a developer jacket. 😉