Impact Score: 5/10
MinIO: Major Feature Release
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โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
MinIO RELEASE.2022-01-25T19-56-04Z. Source highlight: Click here to download the latest version of MinIO.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
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โจ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- First release to support **Decommissioning** feature.
- feat: decommission feature for pools
- Add Put input readahead
- Add envVars for CLI arguments
- Add Subnet link in the issue template for urgency clause
- add ability to edit site replication endpoint
โก Performance & Enhancements (2)
- Server startup speedup in all setups close to 3x to 4x startup improvement with setups with larger drives.
- Minor improvements to newXLStorage
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- fix: decommission bugfixes found during migration of .minio.sys/config
- Fix replication of tag removal
- fix: when healing log path when we give up
- fix: ignore drained pool in Healing, hold lock additionally
- fix: simplify usage calculation and progress
- fix: make sure to avoid calling RenameData() on disconnected disks.
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Highlights
- Click [here](https://min.io/download) to download the latest version of MinIO.
- Click [here](https://min.io/pricing) for production support.
- First release to support **Decommissioning** [feature](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/distributed/DECOMMISSION.md).
- Site replication now allows replication of all users and groups.
- Site replication now supports editing endpoints, credentials etc.
- Server startup speedup in all setups close to 3x to 4x startup improvement with setups with larger drives.
- allow disabling O_DIRECT in certain environments for reads, especially for repeated READ access patterns on same object.
## What's Changed
* feat: decommission feature for pools by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14012
* do not remove Sid from svcaccount policies by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14064
* fix: decommission bugfixes found during migration of .minio.sys/config by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14078
* Fix replication of tag removal by @poornas in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14056
* fix: when healing log path when we give up by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14079
* Avoid reconnect of disk during startup sequence by @yinhen in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14070
* ignore configNotFound error in AccountInfo() by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14082
* fix: ignore drained pool in Healing, hold lock additionally by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14080
* fix: simplify usage calculation and progress by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14086
* replication: attempt abort multipart-upload at max 3 times on remote by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14087
* re-do upgrade README.md to explain `mc admin update` by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14090
* fix: make sure to avoid calling RenameData() on disconnected disks. by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14094
* fix: use renameAll instead of deleteObject() for purging temporary files by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14096
* Ignore version not found in deleteVersions by @klauspost in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14093
* Simplify the messaging for internode versions by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14103
* Add Put input readahead by @klauspost in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14084
* reject changing pools when there are pending decommissions in-progress by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14102
* lock: Fix decision when a lock needs to be removed by @vadmeste in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14095
* fix: copyMetrics to avoid map references elsewhere by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14113
* Add envVars for CLI arguments by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14114
* allow disabling O_DIRECT in certain environments for reads by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14115
* cleanup dsync tests and remove net/rpc references by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14118
* Wait for updates collector when disk.NSScanner returns error by @krisis in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14127
* fix: ListBucketUsers comment doc. by @Okeyja in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14129
* Specify tags in options while selecting replication targets by @poornas in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14126
* Fix inconsistent metadata after healing by @klauspost in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14125
* support site replication to replicate IAM users,groups by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14128
* tests: Remove RPC wording from the code by @vadmeste in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14142
* Add Subnet link in the issue template for urgency clause by @vadmeste in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14131
* fs: Return prefix as listing marker if no objects by @klauspost in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14143
* use dnscache resolver for resolving command line endpoints by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14135
* Update xl.meta docs by @klauspost in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14150
* add ability to edit site replication endpoint by @poornas in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14022
* fix: correct parentUser lookup for OIDC auto expiration by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14154
* add github lock threads action by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14155
* docs: add decommission docs about pool removal by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14159
* speed up startup sequence for all operations by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14148
* Disallow delete replication for tag based rules by @poornas in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14167
* Minor improvements to newXLStorage by @krisis in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14166
* ignore remote disks with diskID empty as offline by @harshavardhana in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14168
## New Contributors
* @yinhen made their first contribution in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14070
* @Okeyja made their first contribution in https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/14129
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/minio/minio/compare/RELEASE.2022-01-08T03-11-54Z...RELEASE.2022-01-25T19-56-04Z