Hi all, I'm pleased to announce the availability of the 0.3.0 release. The biggest change from the previous version is that Sheepdog supports other cluster management system like ZooKeeper and Accord. This change is necessary to run Sheepdog with large cluster (> 100 nodes). This release also includes many bug fixes related to network error handling. The software is available from GitHub: https://github.com/collie/sheepdog/archives/master The planned big features for the next 0.4.0 release are as follows: - add a new store driver 'farm' http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/sheepdog/2011-December/002325.html - add write-cache support http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/sheepdog/2011-October/001480.html - support larger object size http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/sheepdog/2011-November/001914.html - use differential copy for fast object recovery http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/sheepdog/2011-July/001131.html - add hierarchical zones support - reclaim unused objects automatically http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/sheepdog/2011-October/001587.html - start sheep daemon as gateway http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/sheepdog/2011-December/002215.html But feel free to propose any other features at anytime. Thanks, Kazutaka |