As Kudu marches toward its 1.0 release, which will include support for multi-master operation, we are working on removing old code that is no longer needed. One such piece of code is called LocalConsensus. Once LocalConsensus is removed, we will be using Raft consensus even on Kudu tables that have a replication factor of 1.
Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the Kudu Weekly Update. This weekly blog post covers ongoing development and news in the Apache Kudu (incubating) project.
The Apache Kudu (incubating) team is happy to announce the release of Kudu 0.9.0!
This latest version adds basic UPSERT functionality and an improved Apache Spark Data Source that doesn’t rely on the MapReduce I/O formats. It also improves Tablet Server restart time as well as write performance under high load. Finally, Kudu now enforces the specification of a partitioning scheme for new tables.
Welcome to the twelfth edition of the Kudu Weekly Update. This weekly blog post covers ongoing development and news in the Apache Kudu (incubating) project.
The upcoming Apache Kudu (incubating) 0.9 release is changing the default partitioning configuration for new tables. This post will introduce the change, explain the motivations, and show examples of how code can be updated to work with the new release.