The Cassandra team wishes you a very happy new year 2013, and is very pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra version 1.2.0. Cassandra 1.2.0 is a new major release for the Apache Cassandra distributed database. This version adds numerous improvements[1,2] including (but not restricted to): - Virtual nodes[4] - The final version of CQL3 (featuring many improvements) - Atomic batches[5] - Request tracing[6] - Numerous performance improvements[7] - A new binary protocol for CQL3[8] - Improved configuration options[9] - And much more...
Please make sure to carefully read the release notes[2] before upgrading. Both source and binary distributions of Cassandra 1.2.0 can be downloaded at: http://cassandra.apache.org/download/ Or you can use the debian package available from the project APT repository[3] (you will need to use the 12x series). The Cassandra Team [1]: http://goo.gl/JmKp3 (CHANGES.txt) [2]: http://goo.gl/47bFz (NEWS.txt) [3]: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging [4]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/virtual-nodes-in-cassandra-1-2 [5]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/atomic-batches-in-cassandra-1-2 [6]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/tracing-in-cassandra-1-2 [7]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/performance-improvements-in-cassandra-1-2 [8]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/binary-protocol [9]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/configuration-changes-in-cassandra-1-2