This section lists the most important features from each release.

For information about upgrade types for each release, see Qumulo Core Upgrade Mode Reference.

Qumulo Core 7.6.3

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Made EdgeConnect (unprotected, single-node edge) clusters publicly available as bare-metal and VM deployments
    • Added the cluster_type metric to the Qumulo OpenMetrics API Specification
  • Improved Cloud Data Fabric (CDF):
    • Increased portal data synchronization IOPS and throughput for many CDF workloads
    • Added full support for SMB Read Lease and Write Lease functionality to CDF
    • Resolved an issue related to audit logging and spoke portal file path resolution
  • Improved the S3 API:
    • Added support for the STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER authentication type with the CRC64-NVME and SHA-256 checksum formats
    • Added Qumulo Core support for the default authentication type that the AWS CLI uses for the PutObject and UploadPart API actions
  • Added the ability to specify a list of Active Directory domain controllers that overrides the default auto-discovery process
  • Limited the number of bind_uri entries to 3 for standalone LDAP queries
  • Made qq CLI and REST API changes to support the new EdgeConnect, CDF, S3 API, Active Directory, and LDAP functionality

Qumulo Core 7.6.2

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Made improvements to Cloud Data Fabric:
    • Added the ability to configure up to 32 spoke portal root directories for each portal relationship
    • Made corresponding /v2/portal/* REST API and qq portal_* CLI changes
    • Changed some of the terminology concerning portal relationship states and portal root directory states
  • Ensured that the ListObjectsV2 S3 API action supports the start-after parameter

Qumulo Core 7.6.1.1

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Added the ability to apply the private policy to an S3 bucket at creation time
  • For Cloud Native Qumulo (CNQ), replaced two OpenMetrics metrics for node and drive failure
  • Resolved an issue with the REST API endpoint for unconfigured nodes

Qumulo Core 7.6.0.2 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • The majority of functionality and stability improvements in this Qumulo Core release are internal.
  • Resolved an issue with the location of S3 buckets created from the Qumulo Core Web UI

Qumulo Core 7.5.0.3 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Made improvements to Cloud Data Fabric:
    • Enabled the creation of up to 32 spoke portals on a single Qumulo cluster
    • Improved file creation latency and throughput for spoke portals
    • Added the Priority Sync feature for read-write spoke portals
  • Added the Qumulo Authoritative DNS (QDNS) to Qumulo Core
  • Added support for latest Western Digital Ultrastar DC SN640 SSD firmware
  • Resolved an issue with incorrect drive types for nodes in on-premises clusters
  • Modified the ListBuckets S3 API action to use the BucketPolicy permission together with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Qumulo Core

Qumulo Core 7.4.0.4 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Added support for latest Western Digital Ultrastar DC SN640 SSD firmware
  • Improved UID and GID sorting in the Qumulo Core Web UI
  • Resolved an issue with PutObject and CopyObject S3 API actions

Qumulo Core 7.3.0.3 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Added the self-service permission model to Qumulo REST API access tokens and made changes to corresponding qq CLI commands
  • Made it possible for a user to perform operations on their own access keys without having RBAC privileges
  • Resolved issues concerning cached data on a spoke portal host cluster, directory metadata block updates made by S3 API actions, and the GetObject S3 API action with the Veeam client

Qumulo Core 7.2.0.4 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • The majority of functionality and stability improvements in this Qumulo Core release are internal.
  • Made CNQ on AWS available on Qumulo Nexus
  • Resolved an issue with the APIs & Tools page in the Qumulo Core Web UI not showing certain REST endpoints correctly

Qumulo Core 7.1.0.3 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Improved NFSv4.1 performance for writes and reads
  • Configured Qumulo Core to move a minimal number of IP addresses
  • Configured S3 and HTTP servers to accept HTTP headers with empty values

Qumulo Core 7.0.0.1 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Added support for NFSv4.1 cross-connection write combining
  • Made significant improvements in SMB random small-write performance
  • Added partial support for new S3 API actions
  • Configured Qumulo Core to take daily snapshots at regular intervals throughout the day
  • Made changes to the Qumulo REST API and the qq CLI to accommodate improvements in snapshot and at-rest encryption functionality
  • Revised permissions for SMB copychunk requests
  • Resolved a minor issue with AD authentication, an issue with .snapshot directories in Windows Command Prompt, and an issue with SMB copy operations and long share names and volume labels

Qumulo Core 6.3.0.1 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Configured nodes to remain powered on after Transparent Platform Refresh operations
  • Changed the behavior of static IP addresses when a cluster’s networking configuration changes or nodes are replaced
  • Improved the Qumulo Core Web UI by making accessibility improvements, renaming headings on the Dashboard page, and added physical drive bay locations to the Node Details page for HPE Alletra 4110 and Quiver 1U All-NVMe Gen1 node types
  • Improved compatibility between Qumulo Core and the Auth0 SSO provider, increased the replication speed for large numbers of deleted files, updated the smartpqi driver for the HPE Apollo 4200 Gen10 and HPE Apollo 4200 Gen10 Plus node types, and resolved an issue with misreported temperatures for AMD CPUs

Qumulo Core 6.2.0.1 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Added the ability to specify hostnames in host access rules for NFS exports
  • Added the privilege FILE_READ_ACCESS to Qumulo Core for roles that require read-only access
  • Improved the snapshot deletion process
  • Added information about drive bays and disk serial numbers for Quiver 1U All-NVMe Gen1 and virtual machine nodes
  • Disabled the automatic addition of DNS records to an AD domain when you join the domain

Qumulo Core 6.1.0.3 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Configured Qumulo Core to use recursive change notifications by default
  • Enabled SMB multichannel by default
  • Added snapshot locking functionality by using the qq CLI
  • Made usability changes to event logging and the Qumulo Core Web UI
  • Removed beta multitenancy REST APIs and qq CLI commands

Qumulo Core 6.0.0.2 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Added Transparent Platform Refresh for node replacement
  • Enabled concurrent node reboots for rolling upgrades
  • Added write combining for NFSv4.1
  • Introduced optional HTTP mode for the S3 API
  • Made SSL certificate changes for the S3 API without a cluster restart
  • Added audit syslog in JSON format
  • Made corresponding changes and additions to the Qumulo REST API and qq CLI
  • Fixed issues with the Qumulo Core Web UI, directory access by non-root users on Linux, and changed caching for some OpenMetrics API metrics

Qumulo Core 5.3.0 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Added interactive SAML SSO login and SSO for Active Directory users who manage clusters
  • Identified a known issue with SAML SSO on cloud platforms
  • Improved SMB CHANGE_NOTIFY requests
  • Released the Qumulo OpenMetrics API
  • Released the Access Tokens API
  • Improved the Qumulo Core Web UI
  • Added REST APIs for node identification
  • Improved qq CLI commands

Qumulo Core 5.2.0.2 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Enabled local trustees for NFSv4.1 with Kerberos
  • Added support for Amazon EC2 M6i instances and Amazon EBS gp3 volumes
  • Removed and replaced REST API endpoints related to shutting down and stopping clusters and nodes
  • Fixed an SMB client issue
  • Resolved a file system operations latency issue with continuous replication jobs and on clusters with high file creation load
  • Resolved an issue that caused a node to enter a reboot loop under certain conditions.

Qumulo Core 5.1.0.1 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Improved write performance for workloads on clusters with high-churn, small-file datasets
  • Added a new Active Directory capability
  • Made a number of pages in the Qumulo Core Web UI more clear
  • Improved SMB and NFS share, export management, and status APIs
  • Added inactivity timeout to the Qumulo Core Web UI
  • Identified a regression in 5.0.5 and fixed an issue that occurs for rare NFS client applications.

Qumulo Core 5.0.0.1 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Changed the Qumulo-to-Qumulo replication compatibility guarantee from 2 to 3 consecutive quarterly releases
  • Enforced Kerberos ticket expiration
  • Enabled NLM persistence by default
  • Added sorting and filtering to the Snapshot Policies page
  • Improved speed of deleted snapshot clean-up
  • Removed requirements for QaaS clusters
  • Added support for Python 3.8
  • Improved the API and CLI version and user-querying command
  • Resolved an issue that causes an unpredictable node failure if two NFSv4.1 clients have the same hostname.

Qumulo Core 4.3.0 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Added Network File System Version 4.1 (NFSv4.1)
  • Improved performance for SMB offloaded data transfer (ODX) and SMB directory query
  • Allowed AWS Sidecar to handle a new class of EBS failures
  • Fixed issues in Shift-From-S3 and the Qumulo Core Web UI

Qumulo Core 4.2.0 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Enhanced snapshot performance
  • Enhanced Active Directory connections
  • Fixed an important issue

Qumulo Core 4.1.0.1 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Enhanced the upgrade experience
  • Improved the Qumulo Sidecar for AWS
  • Fixed several important issues

Qumulo Core 4.0.0.2 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes🔒

  • Deprecated the Python 2.7 SDK
  • Fixed several important issues