The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra version 3.0.0.
Top Cassandra 3.0 features: * CQL optimized storage engine and sstable format * Materialized views * More efficient hints Read more about features and upgrade instructions in NEWS.txt[2] The Java driver beta for 3.0.0 will be officially released within the next week. In the meantime, use the version included in the release under /lib. The Python driver rc has been released as '3.0.0rc1' Apache Cassandra is a fully distributed database. It is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance. http://cassandra.apache.org/ Downloads of source and binary distributions are listed in our download section: http://cassandra.apache.org/download/ This version is a first release[1] on the 3.0 series. As always, please pay attention to the release notes[2] and Let us know[3] if you were to encounter any problem. Enjoy! [1]: http://goo.gl/TduZdw (CHANGES.txt) [2]: http://goo.gl/mJxdHZ (NEWS.txt) [3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA
