[ANNOUNCE] HBase 1.1.0 is now available for download

[Nick Dimiduk <nd...@apache.org>]

The HBase team is happy to announce the availability of HBase 1.1.0!
Download it from an Apache mirror near you,
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/hbase/, or wire up through the maven
repo.

HBase 1.1.0 is the first minor release in the HBase 1.x line, continuing on
the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL
communities. This release includes over 400 features, improvements, and bug
fixes -- roughly 200 resolved issues above the 1.0.x series to date.

Notable features include:
 - Async RPC client (HBASE-12684)
 - Simple RPC throttling (HBASE-11598)
 - Improved compaction controls (HBASE-8329, HBASE-12859)
 - Scan improvements (HBASE-11544, HBASE-13090)
 - Procedure V2 for improved reliability of cluster operations (HBASE-12439)
 - New extension interfaces for coprocessor users, better supporting
projects like Phoenix (HBASE-12972, HBASE-12975)
 - Per-column family flush (HBASE-10201)
 - WAL on SSD (HBASE-12848)
 - BlockCache in Memcached (HBASE-13170)
 - Tons of region replica enhancements around META, WAL, and bulk loading
(HBASE-11574, HBASE-11568, HBASE-11571, HBASE-11567)

The full list of issues can be found at
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12329043

Some of these new features were recently written about in detail on the
project blog:
 - https://blogs.apache.org/hbase/entry/scan_improvements_in_hbase_1
 - https://blogs.apache.org/hbase/entry/the_hbase_request_throttling_feature

Thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible!