Congratulations to the Apache CouchDB development community for the 2.0 release!
Thank you for your persistence and hard work. Looking forward to using this new release. Cheers, - Bill On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 4:13 AM, Александр Опак <[email protected]> wrote: > 99% compatible, You guys the best! > > 2016-09-20 12:11 GMT+03:00 Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]>: > > > >> On 20 Sep 2016, at 11:05, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> The Apache CouchDB development community is proud to announce the > immediate availability of version 2.0. > >> > >> See also the official Apache Press Release: https://blogs.apache.org/ > foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces99 > >> > >> CouchDB 2.0 is 99% API compatible (http://docs.couchdb.org/en/ > master/whatsnew/2.0.html#upgrade-notes) with the 1.x series and most > applications should continue to just work. > >> > >> # Cluster > >> > >> CouchDB 2.0’s prime new feature is naive > > > > *native, of course. *sweat* > > > >> support for clustering. It is based on the Dynamo paper (http://www. > allthingsdistributed.com/2007/10/amazons_dynamo.html) and the work done > at Cloudant and IBM in the BigCouch project which is now fully merged into > Apache CouchDB project. > >> > >> In short, clustering means that you can take a set of computers or > virtual machines in the same data center and make them behave like a > single, unified CouchDB instance. This has three benefits: > >> > >> 1. fault tolerance: data is stored on more than one computer. A CouchDB > 2.0 cluster obviates the need for custom setup of failover CouchDB > instances. > >> > >> 2. performance: data is split up and only a part lives on each node in > a cluster. That means each node only has a fraction of the work to do > (like computing a view index) than a single node instance would have. > >> > >> 3. capacity: with setups of multiple computers storing data, and with > data being split among nodes, it is now possible to store amounts of data > in CouchDB that exceed the capacity of a single computer many many times, > setting CouchDB up for genuine Big Data solutions. > >> > >> You have full control over all parameters of the cluster to suit every > project’s needs. > >> Note: CouchDB 2.0 can also be configured as a “single node”-cluster, if > none of the above benefits are relevant to you. > >> > >> See the CouchDB 2.0 Architecture blog post (https://blog.couchdb.org/ > 2016/08/01/couchdb-2-0-architecture/) for more information about the > clustering technology. > >> > >> # Easy Queries > >> > >> The second major feature is the declarative query language “Mango”. > Mango is easier to use and faster in operation than the existing > JavaScript-based Views. Of course, JavaScript Views continue to work. > >> > >> See the Mango Query blog post (https://blog.couchdb.org/ > 2016/08/03/feature-mango-query/) for more information about Mango. > >> > >> # New Admin Interface > >> > >> CouchDB 2.0 comes with a completely rewritten administration interface > (nickname “Fauxton”), built in React.js. It sports a modern look, advanced > features and a code-base that is easy to contribute to. > >> > >> See Fauxton, the new CouchDB Dashboard for more info. > >> > >> # Performance > >> > >> Both the replicator and compactor have undergone significant > performance improvements that will speed up replication between CouchDB > instances as well as PouchDB (https://pouchdb.com/) and Couchbase Lite > instances. > >> > >> Compaction can now be run at any time, even continuously, with an > i/o-queueing system ensuring that live requests are not slowed down while > compaction is running. > >> > >> In addition: the compaction process is shorter, uses less CPU and RAM, > produces smaller database files and freshly compacted databases are > significantly faster to read from. > >> > >> See Feature: Replication (https://blog.couchdb.org/2016/08/15/) and > Feature: Compaction (https://blog.couchdb.org/2016/08/10/) for more info. > >> > >> # New Logo > >> > >> CouchDB 2.0 comes with a brand new Logo, designed by Constantin > Angheloui. The website, docs and other materials have been updated. See the > CouchDB 2.0 branding guide for details: https://github.com/apache/ > couchdb-www/blob/asf-site/CouchDB-visual-identity/CouchDB-brand-book.pdf > >> > >> # More Details > >> > >> For more details, please refer to our 2.0 blog post series: > https://blog.couchdb.org/2016/08/23/check-out-the-road-to- > couchdb-2-0-series/ > >> > >> # Download > >> > >> Apache CouchDB 2.0 downloads are available from the official website: > http://couchdb.apache.org/#download. > >> > >> # Acknowledgements > >> > >> The community would like to thank all contributors for their part in > making this release, from the smallest bug report or patch to major > contributions in code, design, or marketing, we couldn’t have done it > without you! > >> > > > > -- > > Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: > > https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ > > > > > > -- > github: > https://github.com/OpakAlex >
