ctubbsii commented on a change in pull request #188: Blog post for upgrading to
2.0
URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo-website/pull/188#discussion_r309930301
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+title: "Why Upgrade to Accumulo 2.0"
+author: Mike Miller
+---
+
+Accumulo 2.0 has been in development for quite some time now and is packed
with new features, bug
+fixes, performance improvements and redesigned components. All of these
changes bring challenges
+when upgrading your production cluster so you may be wondering... why should I
upgrade?
+
+My top 10 reasons to upgrade. For all changes see the [release notes][rel]
+
+* [Summaries](#summaries)
+* [New Bulk Import](#new-bulk-import)
+* [Simplified Scripts and Config](#simplified-scripts-and-config)
+* [New Monitor](#new-monitor)
+* [New Accumulo Client](#new-accumulo-client)
+* [Hadoop 3](#hadoop-3-support)
+* [Offline creation](#offline-creation)
+* [Search Documentation](#search-documentation)
+* [Java 11 Support](#java-8-11-support)
+* [On disk encryption](#new-crypto)
+
+### Summaries
+
+This feature allows detailed stats about Tables to be written directly into
Accumulo files (R-Files).
+Summaries can be used to make precise decisions about your data. Once
configured, summaries become a
+part of your Tables, so they won't impact ingest or query performance of your
cluster.
+
+Here are some example use cases:
+
+* A compaction could automatically run if deletes compose more than 25% of the
data
+* An admin could optimize compactions by configuring specific age off of data
+* An admin could analyze R-File summaries for better performance tuning of a
cluster
+
+For more info check out the [summary docs for 2.0][summary]
+
+### New Bulk Import
+
+Bulk Ingest was completely redone for 2.0. Previously, Bulk Ingest relied on
expensive inspections of
+R-Files across multiple Tablet Servers. With enough data, an old Bulk Ingest
operation could easily
+hold up simpler Table operations and critical compactions of files.
+
+The new Bulk Ingest gives the user control over the R-File inspection, allows
for offline bulk
+ingesting and provides performance [improvements][new-bulk].
+
+## Simplified Scripts and Config
+
+Many improvements were done to the scripts and configuration. See Mike's
description of the [improvements.][scripts]
+
+## New Monitor
+
+The Monitor has been re-written using REST, Javascript and more modern Web
Tech. It is faster,
+cleaner and more maintainable than the previous version. Here is a screen shot:
+
+<img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/accumulo-monitor-1.png" width="50%"/>
+
+## New Accumulo Client
+
+Connecting to Accumulo is now easier with a single point of entry for clients.
It can now be done with
+a fluent API, 2 imports (AccumuloClient & Accumulo) and using minimal code:
+
+```java
+try (AccumuloClient client = Accumulo.newClient()
+ .to("instance", "zk")
+ .as("user", "pass").build()) {
+ // use the client
+ client.tableOperations().create("newTable");
+ }
+```
+
+As you can see the client is also closable, which gives developers more
control over resources.
+See the [Accumulo entry point javadoc][client] for more info.
+
+## Hadoop 3 Support
+
+Upgrading to Hadoop 3 brings all the fixes and improvements that have been
made to Hadoop over the
+years to your cluster. [Checkout all the new features of Hadoop 3][hadoop3].
+
+## Offline creation
+
+Tables can now be created with splits offline. This frees up online resources
to perform other critical operations.
+See the [GitHub issue][offline].
+
+## Search Documentation
+
+New ability to quickly search documentation on the website. The user manual
was completely redone
+for 2.0. Check it out [here][manual]. Users can now quickly [search] the
website across all 2.0 documentation.
+
+## Java 8-11 Support
+
+Accumulo 2.0 will work with versions of Java up to 11. It is not required,
but will build and run with Java 11.
+
+## New Crypto
+
+On disk encryption was redone to be more secure and flexible. For an in depth
description of how Accumulo
+does on disk encryption, see the [user manual][crypto].
Review comment:
Should note that these features are still marked "experimental", because
full on-disk encryption is still incomplete.
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