This section lists the most important features from each release.

Qumulo Core 7.5.2

Downloads and Release Notes

  • Added the ability to upgrade NeuralCache on Azure Native Qumulo (ANQ) and Cloud Native Qumulo (CNQ) instances deployed on Qumulo Core versions lower than 7.4.1
  • Added the ability to configure up to 32 hub portals and up to 32 spoke portals on the same cluster at the same time
  • Made improvements to the S3 API:
    • Extended the expiration of presigned S3 URLs
    • Changed the PutObject S3 API action to accept all valid HTTP header keys
    • Resolved issues with the CopyObject S3 API action
  • Added OpenMetrics for self-managed, on-premises clusters and CNQ instances
  • Added support for latest Western Digital Ultrastar DC SN640 SSD firmware

Qumulo Core 7.5.1.2

Downloads and Release Notes

  • For CNQ on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), added support for Cold clusters with an object tier for infrequent access to files and directories
  • Made improvements to the S3 API:
    • Resolved an issue with S3 directory deletion
    • Modified the XML response bodies for S3 API actions to return the canonical XML header
  • Modified files REST APIs to return entity tag (ETag) values correctly
  • Added support for latest Western Digital Ultrastar DC SN640 SSD firmware

Qumulo Core 7.5.0.2 (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

Qumulo Core 7.4.4

Downloads and Release Notes

  • Made improvements to Cloud Data Fabric:
    • Added the ability to enable the S3 protocol for a spoke portal host cluster
    • Removed previous restrictions from the placement of replication targets
    • Enabled compression for data transferred between clusters in a portal relationship
    • Made significant performance improvements for small-I/O workloads on the hub portal and for locally cached files on the spoke portal
  • Added Web UI notifications about SSD endurance levels and a corresponding REST API endpoint
  • Resolved an issue that previously affected read leases in the hub portal root directory

Qumulo Core 7.4.3

Downloads and Release Notes

  • Added the ability to use the NFSv4.1 protocol with spoke portals
  • Added the ability to perform punch hole operations on spoke portals by using the qq CLI and REST API
  • Added automatic functionality that cleans up portal relationships after synchronizing spoke portal changes
  • Improved NeuralCache (formerly Predictive Read Cache) intelligent data ingestion and retention policy
  • Added support for using EBS volumes for NeuralCache in AWS Local Zones
  • Resolved an issue with NTLM authentication for certain image scanning devices and SMB shares
  • Resolved an issue with the SMB server and showing previous versions for files and directories

Qumulo Core 7.4.2.1

Downloads and Release Notes

  • Added support for Cloud Native Qumulo (CNQ) clusters with 1, 3, or more nodes
  • Made improvements to Cloud Data Fabric:
    • Moved the REST APIs out of preview
    • Removed a qq CLI command in favor of automatic clean-up of partially configured portal relationships
    • Added support for FTP communications for spoke portals
    • Changed the names of portal states, which indicate the stages of the spoke portal creation process and the proposal or deletion of a portal relationship
    • Added new portal statuses, which indicate the accessibility of a spoke portal or a hub portal
  • Updated the default configuration for new NFS exports
  • Added a REST API and qq CLI command to facilitate deleting files from directories without constructing full paths

Qumulo Core 7.4.1.1

Downloads and Release Notes

  • Made read-write spoke portals available by default
  • Eliminated the REST APIs for manual removal of cached data from spoke portals (no changes to automatic cached data removal)
  • Improved file identifiers to distinguish between cluster-local and spoke-cached data
  • Implemented NeuralCache architecture for new cloud clusters
  • Renamed the designation preview (previously, beta) which marks REST APIs under development
  • Made public the REST API endpoints and qq CLI commands that manage a cluster’s DNS configuration

Qumulo Core 7.4.0.3 (Quarterly)

Downloads and Release Notes

The majority of functionality and stability improvements in this Qumulo Core release are internal.

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

Qumulo Core 7.3.2.1

Downloads and Release Notes

  • Removed the limit from the number of floating IP addresses per cluster
  • Added support for sharing S3 objects with presigned URLs to additional S3 API actions

Qumulo Core 7.3.1.2

Downloads and Release Notes

  • Made it easier to authorize hub portals from the hub portal host cluster by adding information to REST APIs and qq CLI commands
  • Improved the behavior of NFSv3 and NFSv4.1 ACCESS commands
  • Increased the S3 connection limit
  • Configured Qumulo Core to permit (but ignore) out-of-spec query parameters for S3 API actions
  • Reverted floating IP assignment to Qumulo Core functionality prior to version 7.1.0
  • Added a REST API and a qq CLI command for querying the current fault tolerance of an object-backed cluster
  • Resolved an issue with NLM connections
  • Resolved an issue with tree deletion operations

Qumulo Core 7.3.0.2 (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 7.2.3.2

Downloads and Release Notes

  • Made CNQ on Azure available on Qumulo Nexus.
  • Added support for read-only Cloud Data Fabric functionality between two or more Qumulo clusters.
  • Added support for three-node clusters to CNQ on Azure and CNQ on AWS.
  • Added support for CNQ clusters that adjust to multi-AZ configurations automatically.
  • Improved S3 Object Lock functionality and made changes to corresponding S3 API actions.
  • Made improvements in S3 Versioning API actions and the CopyObject S3 API action.
  • Allowed users without administrative role-based access control (RBAC) roles to modify S3 access keys and made changes to corresponding qq CLI commands.
  • Updated some of the error types and HTTP status codes that appear during cluster membership operations.
  • Added REST API resources and qq CLI commands for creation and membership change of CNQ clusters.
  • Resolved an issue with an SSL configuration change while the S3 server is in plaintext mode.